Biography
Earth Liberation Front-affiliated activist who, with co-defendant Craig Marshall, set fire to three SUVs at a Eugene, Oregon Chevrolet dealership in June 2000 to protest climate change. Originally sentenced to 22 years 8 months — an extraordinary sentence widely cited as politically motivated — the term was reduced on appeal to 10 years. Released December 2009 after nearly a decade in Oregon state custody.
Jeff Luers was an environmental activist from Eugene Oregon who on June 16, 2000, set fire to three trucks at a Romania Chevrolet dealership in protest of global warming. The stunt caused $40,000 in damage though the trucks were repaired and eventually sold. Luers was sentenced to 22 years, 8 months in prison for this act.
The January 2003 Earth First! Journal prisoner listing identifies Jeffrey “Free” Luers as Oregon prisoner 13797671. Green Anarchy's Fall/Winter 2001 roster independently prints the same complete eight-digit number. This corrects the truncated identifier previously recorded.
The July–August 2004 issue reports Luers appealing his original arson convictions and raising evidentiary and constitutional issues.
Earth First! reported Luers leaving solitary on August 20, 2006, after over a month; this was an internal placement change.
