Erik Bowers Ryberg

Released
Date of birth:1965
Age:61
Gender:Male
Era:1990s
State:Idaho
Time Imprisoned:
At least 1 Month 30 Days
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Biography

Erik Ryberg participated in the Cove–Mallard forest-defense campaign in Idaho. He was jailed after obstructing a Forest Service vehicle at the protest camp, and his conviction was affirmed on appeal.

Birth-year source

The original May 1, 1991 Earth First editor note states that Ryberg began serving time in Graham County Jail on April 18 for his Mount Graham defense activities. The stated maximum of 70 days is not treated as completed service. Source.

Cases

Charges: Interference with Forest Service officers — 36 CFR 261.3(a) and (c)
Arrested: Aug 2, 1993
Sentenced: February 1994
Incarcerated: February 1994
Released: 1994
Sentence: Six months with four suspended; contemporary reporting and a later letter confirm sixty days served. Sentenced in February 1994 and held in Moscow, Idaho. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction January 6, 1995. Exact custody endpoints remain unverified.
Charges: Mount Graham environmental-defense prosecution; exact statutory count unresolved.
Incarcerated: Apr 18, 1991
Sentence: The original May 1, 1991 Earth First editor note explicitly states that Ryberg began serving up to 70 days in Graham County Jail on April 18. Seventy days is the imposed maximum, not a completed served total. Actual release remains unresolved.

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