Animal-Rights Activists Sent Back to Jail
Two environmental and animal-rights activists were ordered back into federal custody Friday in an effort to force them to testify before a grand jury investigating a high-profile arson case.
David Agranoff, 31, and Danae Kelley, 21, were jailed in July after refusing to testify, but had been released pending an appeal. The federal appeals court this week sided with a judge who said a stint in jail may persuade the activists to testify.
Agranoff and Kelley refused to discuss a speech they attended by a leader of the Earth Liberation Front, which has claimed responsibility for an Aug. 1, 2003, fire that destroyed an upscale condominium project under construction.
They are not suspects in the fire, officials said.
The San Diego speech by Rodney Coronado, a convicted arsonist, occurred the day after the fire.
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