NH woman appealing 35-year-sentence, conviction for home standoff

NH tax evader appealing sentence, conviction

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman is appealing her conviction and 35-year prison sentence for plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at her home.

Elaine Brown’s lawyer filed a notice of appeal Friday, the same day she was sentenced in U.S. District Court.

She and her husband, Ed, holed up in their 110-acre compound in Plainfield in early 2007 after being sentenced to five years in prison for tax evasion

They were arrested nine months later by federal agents posing as supporters and were convicted in July of weapons and conspiracy charges.

Brown insisted she and her husband were being punished for civil disobedience and “daring to challenge and question this massive government.”