Update From The Ironic Nickname Department
SUV bomber Jeff “Free” Luers has adopted a new defense strategy: it involves the cultivation of an eerie resemblance to Tobey Maguire. Caption suggestions welcome at the usual address.
His is an interesting case. On the one hand, 22 years is a hell of a long time. On the other, given the attitude displayed by Luers and his supporters (randomly chosen statement: “The fire Free was convicted of setting was an act of compassion…”) it’s hard to see how a judge could reasonably do anything other than recommend the maximum possible sentence – even without the mandatory minimum sentences imposed under state law. The question is whether it would be have been an ideological betrayal for him to, perhaps, acknowledge that he did something bad and take a plea bargain – thereby getting out of prison a couple of decades sooner, as did his co-bomber “Critter” – or whether the insistence on his own righteousness is that integral a part of the theater.
In the meantime, though, be sure to check out his poetry.
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