Eco-Terrorist Goes to Prison

(Charlottesville, Virginia) In October 2006, Lacey Phillabaum pleaded guilty to arson and "other crimes" in accordance with a plea deal. She admitted her responsibility in the May 2001 firebombing of the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture.

In an odd development, it's reported that Lacey Phillabaum has already turned herself in for incarceration even though she is not due to be sentenced until July. Don't ask me why there is a nine-month wait between pleading guilty and sentencing. I don't know.

Additionally, I don't know what provisions of the criminal code allow people to just show up and request to be imprisoned without any sentence being imposed by a court of law. I'm guessing that a few procedural requirements had to be side-stepped in order for it to happen.

Of course, one must admit that Leavenworth Hots & Cots sounds better than Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.