Save The Hammonds Petition

Tomorrow an Oregon rancher and his elderly father will stand in front of a judge who will determine whether or not they have to spend additional years in a federal prison under the 1996 Anti-Terrorism Act. Oregon Farm Bureau Communications Director Ann Marie Moss shares that the issue began when the ranchers proactively set a back burn to protect their property that accidentally burned 140 acres of BLM land.
Moss: “They have been tried as terrorists for setting defensive back fires on their own land. What Oregon Farm Bureau is doing is trying to bring awareness to this case. Basically ask folks to support these Oregon Ranchers and fight government overreach. We have established a petition that people can sign at savethehammonds.com. We are hoping to do what we can to help the Hammonds, in this case. And also then to raise awareness with the goal of this not happening again to other farmers and ranchers who shouldn’t be tried as terrorists in this situation.”
The Hammonds admitted culpability, served a time in prison and paid a very large fine to the BLM. This hearing tomorrow is because the U.S. Department of Justice is determined that these two men have to spend the full five years of the sentence in federal prison — not the earlier lighter sentience that the earlier judge determined.
This is completely unjust — please go to savethehammonds.com and sign the petition.