Adam Fox family joins fight to avoid life term in Whitmer kidnap case
Family of convicted kidnap plotter Adam Fox try to convince federal judge that life sentence is unnecessary punishment in domestic extremism case.
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Family of convicted kidnap plotter Adam Fox try to convince federal judge that life sentence is unnecessary punishment in domestic extremism case.
New court filing by Barry Croft's attorney offers humanized view of him as a devoted dad who endured a difficult childhood, deserves lesser sentence.
Michigan 86th District Court Judge Michael Stepka ruled last Wednesday that sufficient evidence was presented in a preliminary hearing by state prosecutors to bound five men over for a trial on felony charges in Antrim County circuit court in connection with the plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan.
Government prosecutors have already asked a federal judge to hand a life sentence to Fox, but his lawyer argues such a penalty would be too harsh.
The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because federal prosecutors overstated his role in the plot, his attorney argues.