Ed Brown
« Previous Entries37 years in prison for Ed Brown, and not one drop of remorse
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Summary: In short, Ed Brown was found competent to participate in his sentencing and the judge sent him off to spend 444 months in federal prison. Not that it matters, but this prison term is in addition to the 63 months from the tax-related case. Even if he qualifies for the maximum time off for [...]
Ed Brown's Judgment Day
Sunday, January 10th, 2010Almost two years to the day after Ed Brown decided not to return to court to defend himself in his federal income tax case, he’ll appear before a federal judge in Concord, NH to learn his sentence in his kill-as-many-US Marshals-as-possible case. Bright and early on Monday, January 11, 2010, the judge will first hold [...]
Domestic Goddess vs. Domestic Terrorist: the Sentencing of Elaine Brown
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Yesterday, “Elaine Alice: of the Family Brown, spelled in upper case and lower case letters” was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. Keep in mind that that’s 35 years in addition to the 63-month sentence from the earlier, income tax-related charges. Even if she’s a model prisoner, and earns the maximum amount of “time [...]
Post-Trial Housekeeping
Saturday, July 11th, 2009A note to the Brown jurors For those of you who may have stumbled on to this blog after the verdict, welcome. And thank you. It may have been a bit intimidating for some of you to have been assigned to such a bomb and gun intense trial, but to those of us scribbling away on [...]
Brown Trial July 9, 2009: The Verdict
Thursday, July 9th, 2009At 1:35 pm, word spread through the courthouse that it was time to skedaddle up to Courtroom 4. The jury had a question. It turned out that they wanted to hear an excerpt of the trial transcript – the one I reproduced in a recent blog entry where Elaine threatened violence. Elaine Brown: You’ve got [...]
Brown Trial: July 8, 2009 Closing Arguments
Thursday, July 9th, 2009I am not a patient person, I tend to say whatever I want, and I’m just not that good at following rules. I would suck as a federal prosecutor. Contrary to Ed’s belief that government lawyers get to say anything they want all the time, and get all their motions and objections passed with a big, [...]
Brown Trial: July 8, 2009: From Make the Stand to Take the Stand
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009If you want to convince a jury that you’re not a militia guy, it’s probably best if your supporters don’t show up wearing militia chic – you know the look: camouflage pants, black t-shirt, suspenders and hiking boots. One supporter even used an infamous “International Driver’s License” to gain access to the courthouse today. The [...]
Brown Trial: July 7, 2009: Ed Brown takes the stand
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Whew! It’s just been one of those days. The mystery of the elevator was solved, the prosecution rested their case after two witnesses, another juror has dropped out, leaving only one alternate, and it’s raining again in New Hampshire. Oh, did I forget to mention that Ed Brown took the stand? Silly me. Witness Jamie [...]
Brown Trial, July 6, 2009: The Elevator Shaft Mystery
Monday, July 6th, 2009The prosecution zipped through 14 witnesses today, mostly on the subject of explosives and firearms. The jury must be getting numb from the steady parade of freaky stuff designed to kill other human beings. There were at least 16 rifles (including those three massive 50 caliber monsters), three handguns, 21 pipe bombs, a couple dozen [...]
Sunday, July 5th
Sunday, July 5th, 2009I was checking out antique stores in southern New Hampshire this morning and ran into something fun: It was the very first tax bill signed into law by President Washington on July 13, 1789. The sales price was $85,000 and it’s located in a small, glass-enclosed booth at the New Hampshire Antique Co-op in Milford. [...]
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