Militia Leader Appeal Draws Split Ruling

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A federal appeals court has thrown out one of the convictions of former Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox. A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision filed Tuesday vacates Cox’s conviction of solicitation to murder federal officials. The six-page ruling upholds a conspiracy to murder conviction and remands the case back to district court for re-sentencing.
Schaeffer Cox was convicted of both murder conspiracy and solicitation as well as weapons violations in 20