Alaska domestic terrorist Schaeffer Cox, and his merry crew of potential murderers, just lost all hope of ever seeing the outside of a prison again.

Francis "Schaeffer" Cox when he still thought he had a chance of beating the rap.

Courtesy of the Fairbanks Newsminer:

Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox and two others are again facing murder conspiracy charges, this time from federal prosecutors who say the three had a plan as far back as 2009 to kill federal officials, including TSA employees, border patrol agents and U.S. Marshals. 

A federal grand jury in Anchorage on Friday returned a new indictment against Cox, Coleman Barney of the North Pole area and Lonnie Vernon of Salcha, all members of Cox’s Peacemaker’s Militia. It’s the third federal indictment to be handed up against the three, who have been in jail on weapons charges since March. 

The charges are punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison. They are scheduled to go to trial two weeks from today. 

The indictments being handed down by the Feds are absolutely rock solid, and they leave little doubt that Schaeffer, Barney, and Vernon were quite serious and dedicated to the idea of killing law enforcement officials, simply because they believed that they were sovereign citizens, and that placed them outside of the laws which govern Alaska and the United States of America.

Could you imagine being an attorney whose client was facing indictments such as this?

Between on or about August 2009, and continuing up to on or about March 10, 2011, in the District of Alaska, the defendants, FRANCIS SCHAEFFER COX, COLEMAN L. BARNEY, and LONNIE G. VERNON did knowingly, willfully, and unlawfully conspire and agree together and with other persons known and unknown to the grand jury to kill, with premeditation and malice aforethought, officers and employees of the United States, including law enforcement officers, while such officers are engaged in and on account of the performance of official duties, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111 and 1114.

Their lawyers have already demonstrated their desperation by claiming that Cox was essentially kidnapped by one of the FBI informers. A charge so ridiculous on the face of it that it seems like something dreamed up on a half hour comedy sitcom, NOT an argument made by a lawyer whose client is facing life in prison.

They are being charged with sixteen counts altogether, and if convicted (And the Federal case is virtually airtight with several witnesses and reams of video and audio tape at their disposal), there is a good chance that nobody will ever have to worry about these three idiots ever again.

Personally I hope that these guys try to cop a plea.  There are much bigger fish that I would very much like to see tied to this "gang that couldn't shoot straight." So far they have kept mum, but I don't think that Francis or Coleman can stand the thought of what awaits them in prison, so there is still some hope.

(You can read the actual indictments by clicking here.)