The legal dispute underlying the occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon made its way last year to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied review in March 2015.
In the case Hammond v. United States, cattle ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son Steven Hammond challenged the imposition of five-year prison terms for arson on federal lands. The trial judge had sentenced Dwight Hammond Jr. to three months and Steven Hammond to one year and one day after finding that the mandatory minimum of five years in prison was “grossly disproportionate” and would violate the Eighth Amendment.
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