BUNKERVILLE STANDOFF:  SCOTT DREXLER AND ERIC PARKER PLEA DEAL SENTENCES REVEAL THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PROCESS

"not a real criminal"

Defense Attorney Jess Marchese argues for Bunkerville Standoff defendant Eric Parker at sentencing 8/9/2018

"Now that it's finally finished, its a relief"

Bunkerville defendant Scott Drexler speaks outside the courthouse after his plea deal sentencing 8/9/2018

They were held in prison for twenty months without bail.  They were put through two trials and in the end were found not guilty by juries both times on numerous felony charges with the jury deadlocked on the remaining charges.

Federal prosecutors intended to try them for a third time in connection the Bunkerville Standoff  near Bundy Ranch on April 12, 2014.

It was at that point right before the critical third Bunkerville Standoff Trial, where the evidence concealment was brought out into the open and charges against key defendants dismissed, that the emotionally and physically brutalized Scott Drexler and Eric Parker opted for a plea deal.   

They pled guilty to misdemeanor charges and finally last Thursday August 9th, the plea deals were finalized before US District Judge Gloria M. Navarro at the Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas.

Drexler was sentenced to time served by Judge Navarro, who rejected the move of federal prosecutors to tack five years of probation onto his sentence.

Eric Parker was sentenced to one year of supervised release and to have no contact with any co-defendants in the case.  Federal prosecutors claimed that Parker was "violent", "fierce" and "dangerous".

Cliven Bundy showed up at court in support of the men and posed outside for a picture with them.
Bundy was imprisoned with Parker and Drexler at the privately owned Southern Nevada Detention Center in Pahrump.

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL 8/9/2018

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