COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Nearly two dozen activists involved in a July 2009 logging protest in Oregon’s Elliott State Forest have been sentenced.
Twenty-two of those arrested pleaded no contest to second-degree criminal trespassing. They will share restitution costs of about $1,200 to the Oregon Department of Forestry. The Douglas County district attorney’s Office dropped charges against the other five activists before their trial date.
The protesters were arrested during a four-day demonstration over the logging of a stand of 107-year-old trees.
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