All this was, was a final job interview for Timmy. I think he passed. When he gets out he'll get snapped up by SUWA or some other wako bunch and he'll have a cushy job with high pay for as long as he wants it. They'll probably pay his fines too. Or, maybe he'll just get to do community service, working for the Southern Utah Wilderness alliance to work off his debt to society. He should got away for the full 10 & have to pay the 750K fine. Too bad they don't actually give him a sentence that fits the crime. XOXO

What about the others they said never payed their BIDS on the same thing Double standard in UT!!!!!!!

DeChristopher, "i'm not sorry for what I did". Mesaman, "I'm not sorry for what you got.

peacezone: What he did was illegal no matter how improper the auction was! And as for your President he needs to open the floodgates on drilling to save our economy and remove our dependence on violent, freedom hating regimes that have a stronghold and complete control over not only our fuel prices but everything we buy! Shipping uses fuel ergo cost of goods goes up along with the fuel!

They say what land will be left for my kids if well use it for oil drilling. I say if I can't afford to drive to work, then my kids are going to starve to death anyway and the land won't mean beans. There may be a little less land to enjoy but at least my kids will still have life and won't suffer a painful death of starvation!

"Many before me have gone to jail for justice, and if we are going to achieve our vision, many after me will have to go as well." -Tim DeChristopher Why not send them all to jail, before and after, and it will be a better place! They say it is public land, well my vote is to put the enviro-nuts in a concentration camp and use the public land to get the natural resources!

rot in hell DeChristopher!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a pig in training. Drill the hell out of anywhere that has oil and piss on the middle east. we need oil

rot in hell DeChristopher. you are a self righteous pig in training. drill the hell out of anywhere there is oil and piss on the middle east.

Serves him right,he got in way over his head and should pay the price.

@Theogenes. You must know absolutely nothing about judicial administration if you actually think Judge Benson is biased. You say he hamstrung DeChristopher's defense. Well, it's not the judge who did that. If you want to point the finger, blame centuries of US federal common law jurisprudence in framing the modern Necessity defense. Or you can blame Congress for failing to draft legislation which provides for a defense that might cover DeChristopher's actions. Either way, Judge Benson was objectively applying the law.