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Eco-activist Joseph Dibee sentenced for 1990s arson¹ incidents

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Joseph Dibee, a former fugitive³ and member of the Earth Liberation Front, was sentenced to time served for his role in arsons at animal-related businesses in California and Oregon during the late1990s.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

A federal judge has sentenced a man accused of domestic terrorism to time served. Joseph Dibee was part of an environmental and animal rights movement whose members were charged with setting fires across the western U.S. Conrad Wilson of Oregon Public Broadcasting has details.

CONRAD WILSON, BYLINE⁴: Between 1995 and 2001, federal prosecutors⁵ say the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front caused more than $45 million in fire damage to businesses and government buildings. Federal law enforcement once considered the groups the most significant domestic terrorism threat. This spring, Joseph Dibee pleaded guilty in two of those arsons, a slaughterhouse in central Oregon that butchered wild horses and sold the meat in Europe and a Bureau of Land Management horse corral in Northern California.

MATT SCHINDLER: I think he really regretted participating in that act.

WILSON: Matt Schindler is Dibee's attorney.

SCHINDLER: And it's not civil disobedience. It's like uncivil disobedience. He rejected it.

WILSON: Dibee's sentencing marks the culmination⁶ of a case that spanned decades and around the world. Dibee Fled just before his indictment⁷ in 2006. He remained a fugitive, living in Russia and Syria, where he says he worked as an engineer on large-scale environmental energy projects. The FBI arrested him in Cuba in 2018. After his arrest, Dibee spent 29 months in pre-trial custody⁸, followed by home detention⁹. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Dibee to time served and 1,000 hours of community service. A separate hearing will determine whether he'll share in paying $1.3 million in restitution¹⁰. Dibee's sentence is less than other co-defendants. And that isn't sitting well with some in law enforcement.

BILLY WILLIAMS: It's disappointing.

WILSON: Billy Williams oversaw¹¹ the U.S. attorney's office at the time of Dibee's arrest.

WILLIAMS: To see him not have to serve any additional time and what he did is unfortunate. It sends the wrong message. I don't agree with it.

WILSON: The FBI is still searching for one remaining co-defendant. And Dibee, he's moved on, working with the Native Conservancy in Alaska to help Native Alaskans grow more kelp, and in doing so, also combat climate change.

For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.

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1 arson   

n.纵火，放火

参考例句：

• He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
• He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

6 culmination   

n.顶点；最高潮

参考例句：

• The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
• It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。

7 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

10 restitution   

n.赔偿；恢复原状

参考例句：

• It's only fair that those who do the damage should make restitution.损坏东西的人应负责赔偿，这是再公平不过的了。
• The victims are demanding full restitution.受害人要求全额赔偿。

11 oversaw   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去式 )

参考例句：

• He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统，安然引退。 来自互联网
• Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网