Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station protesters sentenced

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Source: BBC News

Eighteen of 20 people who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass last month were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court.
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Judge Jonathan Teare, who commended the group for their personal commitment to the environmental cause, sentenced the group to a mixture of community orders and conditional discharges.
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Prosecutor Felicity Gerry submitted to the judge an application for each defendant to pay costs of £5,000 which, she told the court, was a reduction of the rough figure of the £20,000 it cost per defendant to bring the case to court.
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He added: "There was substantial material before them that closure of the power station would not only stop the emission of carbon into the atmosphere, but also provide a huge publicity stage for your ambitions.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-12122009

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Good to see some sympathy from the judge.

What do think the outcome would've been in the USA ?