Apparently their original sentence didn't meet the 5 year requirement:
I had seen that. I'm just wondering about the legality of re-incarcerating them. Seems like a goof in the legal system. Had they been handed five year sentences to begin with, probably wouldn't be an issue.
Also I still can't believe the "hide the poaching" thing, whether it comes from the accused or the gov. How does that hide poaching in BFE? The gov also, in natural resource cases, generally likes to file the criminal complaint, but then finagle civil penalties instead to fund the enforcement agencies. I didn't see that here.
Regardless, there has to be more going on given that they are willingly going back to the pokey. Bundy being there is likely mostly for his own agenda.
I do find it funny that the BLM crowd (funny, since this is also on BLM land) is crying about the National Guard not being called out, like it was in Ferguson. No matter what I might think about the militia crowd there, I'm betting they'll not be looting or trashing the place. The BLM crowd seems to have no concept regarding the remoteness of the location. There were probably more protesters at Rahm Emanuel's house last week, and no National Guard there.