Earth Liberation Front members to testify in ecoterror trial
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:42 AM PST
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E-mail this articleTACOMA, Wash. — Federal prosecutors say two convicted members of the Earth Liberation Front will testify against Briana Waters at her arson trial now under way in Tacoma.
The two have agreed to testify for the prosecution in return for reduced sentences.
Waters is accused of acting as a lookout during the 2001 arson that caused $7 million damage at the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington.
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the fire because it believed, mistakenly, that a researcher was genetically engineering trees.
Waters was a student at Evergreen State College in Olympia at the time. The 32-year-old now lives in Berkeley, Calif.
Her lawyer, Robert Bloom, told the jury Tuesday that Waters had no role in the arson.
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