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Erik Bowers Ryberg

Released
Date of birth:1965
Gender:Male
Era:1990s
State:Idaho
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 30 Days
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Biography

Erik Ryberg participated in the Cove–Mallard forest-defense campaign in Idaho. He was jailed after obstructing a Forest Service vehicle at the protest camp, and his conviction was affirmed on appeal.

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Case

Charges: Interference with Forest Service officers — 36 CFR 261.3(a) and (c)
Arrested: Aug 2, 1993
Sentenced: February 1994
Incarcerated: February 1994
Released: 1994
Sentence: Six months with four suspended; contemporary reporting and a later letter confirm sixty days served. Sentenced in February 1994 and held in Moscow, Idaho. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction January 6, 1995. Exact custody endpoints remain unverified.