Editing Ruby Ridge standoff (section)

== Trials of Weaver and Harris ==
Weaver and Harris were charged with multiple offenses.<ref name=fwaicrt /><ref name=jrddelib>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xAwkAAAAIBAJ&pg=5397%2C1481233 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Kreller |first=Kathleen |agency=Associated Press |title=Jury ready to deliberate in Weaver murder trial |date=June 15, 1993 |page=1A}}</ref> Their trial in U.S. District Court in Boise began in April 1993,<ref name=augrup>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FV9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=5733%2C2512150 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Walter |first=Jess |title=Authorities gear up for trial |date=April 14, 1993 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=papovi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fl9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=4504%2C3135495|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Miller |first=Dean |title=Weaver painted as prophet of violence |date=April 15, 1993 |page=A1}}</ref> presided over by Judge [[Edward Lodge]].<ref name=wlswinv /><ref name=defmbd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GF9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=6372%2C4652496 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Miller |first=Dean |title=Defense mistrial bid denied |date=April 17, 1993 |page=B1}}</ref><ref name=sseffa>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aGFWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4317%2C4229113 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Foster |first=J. Todd |title=Stage set for final arguments |date=June 15, 1993 |page=A1}}</ref> In mid-June, Weaver's defense attorney, [[Gerry Spence]], rested his case without calling any witnesses for the defense. Instead, he sought to convince the jury through cross-examination aimed at discrediting the government's evidence and witnesses.<ref name=sseffa /><ref name=bgdelib>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cqRfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4085%2C132156 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Jury begins deliberations today in Weaver, Harris trial |agency=Associated Press |date=June 16, 1993 |page=4C}}</ref><ref name=frwjry>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aWFWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5864%2C5114701 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Foster |first=J. Todd |title=Weaver's, Harris' fate rests with jury |date=June 16, 1993 |page=A1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Israel|first2=Peter|title=Others Unknown Timothy Mcveigh And The Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy|date=2001|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=1586480987|page=331|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L6vLZfPi2t8C&q=Gerry+Spence+without+calling+witnesses+ruby&pg=PA331|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In July, Weaver was acquitted of all of the charges except the charge he incurred by missing his original court date and the charge of violating his bail conditions,<ref name=wcinsly>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UA0kAAAAIBAJ&pg=5996%2C26024 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Kreller |first=Kathleen |agency=Associated Press |title=Weaver cleared in slaying |date=July 8, 1993 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=jexevsc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UQ0kAAAAIBAJ&pg=6150%2C202836 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Kreller |first=Kathleen |agency=Associated Press |title=Jurors examined every scrap |date=July 9, 1993 |page=5A}}</ref> for which he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and fined $10,000 in October.<ref name="nyt18" /><ref name=srwgemt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qAIkAAAAIBAJ&pg=5555%2C5989271 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last1=Miller |first1=Dean |last2=Walter |first2=Jess |title=Weaver gets 18-month term |date=October 19, 1993 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wstemo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h04tAAAAIBAJ&pg=5721%2C1624374 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Kreller |first=Kathleen |agency=Associated Press |title=Weaver sentenced to 18 months |date=October 19, 1993 |page=4A}}</ref> Credited with time served and good behavior, Weaver served less than 16 months and he was released from the [[Canyon County, Idaho|Canyon County]] jail in [[Caldwell, Idaho|Caldwell]] in mid-December.<ref name=wvgofre>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_m0fAAAAIBAJ&pg=3317%2C6968126 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Miller |first=Dean |title=Weaver goes free |date=December 18, 1993 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=ffrwrels>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0KZCP5UExFUC&dat=19931217&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |agency=Associated Press |last=Warbis |first=Mark |title=Former fugitive Randy Weaver freed after 16 months in jail |date=December 17, 1993 |page=1A}}</ref>

Harris was defended by attorney David Nevin and he was acquitted of all charges.<ref name="harrisacquit" /><ref name=wcinsly /><ref name=jexevsc /> Exactly five years after the incident (August 21, 1997), he was indicted for the first-degree murder of DUSM Bill Degan by Boundary County prosecutor Denise Woodbury,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,9199,00.html|title=Double Jeopardy at Ruby Ridge?|last=Mattos|first=Jenifer|date=August 22, 1997|magazine=Time|access-date=April 29, 2017|issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref name=srhsur>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OM4zAAAAIBAJ&pg=5979%2C959256 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Keating |first=Kevin |title=Harris surrenders |date=August 22, 1997|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=cotoprsc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r8EjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1751%2C2168339 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |agency=Associated Press |last=Wiley |first=John K. |title=County to prosecute FBI agent, Harris |date=August 22, 1997 |page=4A}}</ref><ref name=sispot>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OM4zAAAAIBAJ&pg=6761%2C979691|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Keating |first=Kevin |title=Prosecutor steps into the spotlight |date=August 22, 1997|page=A12}}</ref> but the charge was dismissed in early October on grounds of [[double jeopardy]], because he had been acquitted of that same charge in the federal criminal trial in&nbsp;1993.{{r|Walter02|p=389ff}}<ref name=hchdrpp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rWJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5846%2C1847991 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Keating |first=Kevin |title=Harris charges dropped |date=October 3, 1997|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=cakhdsm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ytctAAAAIBAJ&pg=1629%2C216660 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Charges against Kevin Harris dismissed |date=October 3, 1997 |page=4A}}</ref>