Federal judge admonished Shawna Cox not to speak publicly about Oregon standoff

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By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on March 29, 2016 at 12:08 PM, updated March 29, 2016 at 2:04 PM

A federal judge Tuesday agreed to lift Shawna Cox's home detention and replace it with a curfew, but cautioned the 59-year-old defendant in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge not to make public comments about the pending case.

"She's not going to make any public comment, at all, period, or she could sit in jail,'' U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones ordered.

Cox has been out of custody since her Jan. 29 release and listened to Tuesday's hearing via speaker phone from her home in Kanab, Utah ...

Shortly after her release, Cox was allowed to attend Finicum's funeral in Kanab. Otherwise, she was ordered placed on GPS monitoring, home detention that permitted her to leave home only for work, medical appointments, religious services or other activities permitted by a pretrial services officer. She also isn't permitted to possess any firearms and can only travel to Oregon for court ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/03/federal_judge_admonished_shawn.html

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1. What is the point of not allowing her to make public comments?

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3. Impartial trial considerations: constant publicity can taint a jury pool

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6. She was in violation of her

temporary release. Shawna runs a web site for and about the Militia Movement in Southern Utah.

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2. why the special treartment for her

she had no problem leaving her home to take part in an armed insurrection

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4. She doesn't have a penis so she's harmless, of course.

waiting...

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5. No prior criminal history

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7. Family issues back home.