Ruby Montoya, climate activist who targeted Dakota Access Pipeline, sentenced to six years after terrorism enhancement.
-- a sentence that federal prosecutors said they hope will deter others who plan to engage in what they characterized as "domestic terrorism."
In 2021, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility, Reznicek was sentenced to eight years in prison. Notably,under a criminal statute designed to penalize acts of domestic terrorism. Terrorism sentences have since been applied almost exclusively to defendants with ties to overseas extremist groups like the Islamic State group or al-Qaida or to domestic extremistsLaw enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Nov. 20, 2016.
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