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<h1><b>Briana Waters detained until May 30
sentencing</b></h1><font size=3>Wednesday, March 12, 2008<br><br>
(03-12) 18:47 PDT Tacoma, Wash. (AP) -- <br><br>
A federal magistrate judge has ruled that a woman recently convicted in
the Earth Liberation Front's 2001 arson of the University of Washington
Center for Urban Horticulture will remain jailed until her sentencing May
30.<br><br>
Briana Waters, 32, of Oakland, Calif., had a detention hearing Wednesday.
She has been in federal custody since a jury convicted her of arson last
week. Her lawyers asked the judge to release her until her sentencing so
she would have more time to spend with her partner and their 3-year-old
daughter.<br><br>
The U.S. attorney's office opposed the request, saying that the law
requires people convicted of violent crimes to be detained pending
sentencing. Waters does not deserve an exception, prosecutors
said.<br><br>
They also said several other people involved with the Earth Liberation
Front in the Pacific Northwest including Waters' former boyfriend,
Justin Solondz have fled the country to avoid prosecution, and they
argued for the first time that Waters was involved in more than one
arson.<br><br>
Not only did she serve as a lookout during the horticulture center arson
in May 2001, they wrote in a court filing, but she also participated in
an attack at the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Ranch in Susanville,
Calif., later that year. They cited a statement from Stanislas Meyerhoff,
who was convicted in that fire and is serving a 13-year federal
sentence.<br><br>
Waters maintains her innocence.<br><br>
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