Domestic Terrorist Gets Major Jail Term

Eco-Terrorist William Cotrell is heading to a grown-up prison for eight years:

Cottrell, 24, was convicted in November of conspiracy to commit arson and seven counts of arson for an August 2003 vandalism spree that damaged and destroyed about 125 SUVs at dealerships and homes in the San Gabriel Val (search)ley east of Los Angeles.

Cottrell was acquitted of using a destructive device — Molotov cocktails (search) — in a crime of violence. That was the most serious charge he faced and it carried a sentence of at least 30 years in prison.

At his trial, the prosecution had accused Cottrell of "arrogance" and a "towering superiority" toward people who did not share his environmental views. Cottrell had testified that SUV dealers were evil.

The judge said he felt sorry for Cottrell, a doctoral candidate in the physics department at the California Institute of Technology (search) in Pasadena, but he had only himself to blame.

Your "arrogance" and "towering superiority" should serve you well with the prison gangs, Green Boy. maybe they have an ELF gang that can protect you from the Latin Kings and others. You should have used your brain and avoided getting involved with the terror cult that is environmental extremism.