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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 12:45
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MADISON, W.Va. - A Climate Ground Zero activist has been sentenced to 20 days in jail for blocking a road to a Massey Energy office during a mountaintop removal mining protest.
The group has been committing acts of civil disobedience all year, many targeting Virginia-based Massey. Twenty-two-year-old Joseph Hamsher is the first to get jail time instead of fines.
Hamsher pleaded guilty to conspiracy and trespassing in Boone County Magistrate Court on Tuesday, and will serve 10 days on each charge.
A court official said Wednesday he could have been fined more than $1,800.
Three other misdemeanor charges were dropped under the plea bargain.
Hamsher gets credit for the two days he spent behind bars after his Sept. 9 arrest and before his release on bail.

 

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