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Topic: Rajneeshpuram - the Crimes/light punishment (Read
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parmartha Administrator
« on: 10/22/07 at 19:33:53 » Quote Modify
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Some people dont really know the historical facts. They are worth
itemising.
By the end of the Oregon experiment 25 (so-called sannyasins, I prefer to
call them Sheelaites) were charged with electronic eavesdropping
conspiracy, 13 immigration conspiracy, 8 lying to federal officials, 3
harboring a fugitive, 3 criminal conspiracy, 1 burglary, 1 racketeering
(RICO), 1 first degree arson, 2 second degree assault, 3 first degree
assault and 3 attempted murder. A complex series of plea bargains
followed. Sheela was fined $400,000 and ordered to pay $69,353 in
restitution. She was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 20 years for
the attempted murder of Sw. Deveraj, 20 years for first degree assault in
the poisoning of county commissioner William Hulse, 10 years for second
degree assault in the poisoning of commissioner Raymond Matthew, 4_ years
for the salmonella poisoing, 4_ for wiretapping and 5 years probation for
immigration fraud. She served only 2_ years in a federal medium security
prison and was released for good behavior in December 1988. Ma Puja also
received concurrent sentences: 15 years for the Deveraj murder attempt, 15
for the Hulse poisoning, 7_ for the Matthew poisoning, 4_ for her role in
salmonella poisonings and 3 years probation for wiretapping conspiracy.
Puja also served only 2_ years of her sentence. Like Sheela, she served
her sentence at the federal prison in Pleasanton, CA and was released in
December of 1988.
I myself dont know how Sheela and Puja managed to serve only two years -
anyone know why, or anyone have any ideas about this. Many people languish
in American prisons for many years who have never faced charges of
attempted murder for example.
A further strange business to cap an even stranger "episode" in the
history of sannyas!
« Last Edit: 10/22/07 at 19:36:59 by parmartha »
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