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Court affirms convictions of 2 key people in plot to kidnap Michigan's governor

Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. Were convicted in 2022 of conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer in 2020.
Anger over Whitmer's pandemic restrictions and mistrust of public officials fueled the plot, according to authorities.
Evidence showed trips to scout Whitmer's home and a bridge, tactical training, and digital trails of extremist views.
Recordings revealed the defendants promising violence, planning, training, and plotting abduction; Fox and Croft received sentences of 16 and nearly 20 years.
An appeals court affirmed the convictions, stating the evidence supported the jury's verdict and rejected entrapment claims.

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Convictions in Michigan Governor Kidnap Plot

A U.S. appeals court on April 1 upheld the convictions of leaders of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. had told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that there was not sufficient evidence to convict them of charges of conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. A unanimous Sixth Circuit panel disagreed, concluding that evidence in the case “shows that both Fox an…

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Appeals court upholds convictions in Whitmer kidnapping plot

A federal appellate court says two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were not entrapped by government informants and agents.

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Court affirms convictions of 2 key people in plot to kidnap Michigan's governor

An appeals court has affirmed the convictions of two men who were accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 and start a civil war.

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Whitmer kidnap plot ringleaders Barry Croft, Adam Fox lose appeals court fight

The opinion affirms convictions in the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that shed light on political extremism in Michigan.

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The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the state’s felony murder sentencing standard is constitutional and what to do if it’s not.In Michigan, people over 18 who is are of convicted of a felony such as armed robbery where someone is killed in the process are sentenced to life with no chance of parole.In an order issued Friday, the court said the questions it will consider include whether life without parole for felony…

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