Bomber-Robber Gets 55 Years in Prison
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The last of four militia members accused in a series of bombings and bank robberies was sentenced to 55 years in prison. Brian Ratigan, 39, was convicted in September of participating in a bombing at a Planned Parenthood clinic and robbing a U.S. Bank branch in the Spokane Valley. The other three men were sentenced in October to life terms for their participation in the July 12, 1996, crimes and for bombing a newspaper office and robbing and bombing the bank in April 1996. All four are from Sandpoint, Idaho.
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