OPB's This Land is Our Land
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OPB's This Land is Our Land
Coverage and conversation on the federal trial for the people who led the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Bonus Episode: The Jurors Speak
This week, the trial began for the second group of defendants charged in connection with the 2016 armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Re...

Ep. 12: The Aftermath
A week after the verdict was delivered in the trial of the Malheur refuge occupiers, we discuss the consequences of the acquittal of Ammon and Ryan Bu...

Update: Harney County, Tribes, Federal Employees React — Oct. 29, 2016
At the end of our last update, we recommended you check out the full hour that OPB's daily talk show Think Out Loud did on the verdict on Friday. The...

Update: Listener Questions About The Verdict — Oct. 29, 2016
We have a verdict in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge trial. But what comes next and what does it mean?
OPB's Anna Griffin and Ryan H...

Ep. 11: Verdict
Ammon and Ryan Bundy have been found not guilty of conspiracy. Their five co-defendants Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil...

Update: Juror Dismissed For Possible Bias — Oct. 26, 2016
After juror No. 4 questioned the impartiality of juror No. 11 in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge trial, the prosecution, defense and judge all ag...

Update: Juror Questioned Over Potential Bias — Oct. 25, 2016
A juror in the trial of Ammon Bundy and six others sent a note to the judge Tuesday, questioning the impartiality of juror No. 11 because he used to w...

Ep. 10: Jury Deliberation
The trial of seven Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers is now in the hands of the jury.
OPB's Amanda Peacher joins OPB News Direct...

Update: Closing Arguments — Oct. 18, 2016
OPB's Amanda Peacher talks to journalist Leah Sottile about the last chance for the prosecution and defense to persuade the jury in the trial of the o...

Update: The Defense Rests Its Case — Oct. 17, 2016
The defense rested its case in the trial of seven people who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year. The prosecution followed...

Ep. 9: The Heart Of The Issue - Public Lands
The occupiers argue the federal government can’t manage public lands as well as state, counties or private entities. They’d even like to see the land...

Update: Online Radicalization, Mental Illness and David Fry — Oct. 11, 2016
The last occupier at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was an outlier.
David Fry wasn’t a rancher. He wasn’t from the West. He wasn’t...

Ep. 8: Guns And Gun Culture In Court
Four of the seven defendants in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge trial face a federal weapons charge.
Ryan and Ammon Bundy, David Fry...

Update: Ammon Bundy Finishes Testimony — Oct. 6, 2016
After three days on the stand, Ammon Bundy finished his testimony in the trial of the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Update: Ammon Bundy Day 2 — Oct. 5, 2016
Wednesday marked Ammon Bundy's second day in a federal courtroom in Portland to testify in the trial of seven occupiers of the Malheur National Wildli...

Update: Ammon Bundy Takes The Stand — Oct. 4, 2016
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation leader Ammon Bundy briefly took the stand Tuesday in federal court to defend his actions in taking over th...

Ep. 7: About That Pocket Constitution...
Karina Brown of Courthouse News joins us this week to talk about the defense's first witnesses. Then OPB reporters Conrad Wilson and Amanda Peacher ta...

Update: The Defense Begins Its Case — Sept. 28, 2016
We dive into the opening day of the defense’s case for Ammon Bundy and six others accused of taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Update: Prosecution Rests Its Case — Sept. 27, 2016
On Tuesday, the US government rested its case against the seven defendants in the case of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. OPB'...

Ep. 6: The Movement That's Bigger Than The Bundys
We take a look at the so-called patriot movement — a loosely-connected network of organizations that believe the federal government has overstepped it...

Update: The Government's Secret Informant — Sept. 21, 2016
In this episode of “This Land Is Our Land,” OPB’s Conrad Wilson and Ryan Haas talk about a major revelation heard in court: the government had an info...

Update: Refuge Employees Testify And Contested Bundy Interview — Sept. 19, 2016
The Malheur refuge trial is entering its second week, and the government is well into making its case right now. We’ve heard from FBI agents and gover...

Ep. 5: Going Back To Harney County
OPB reporter Conrad Wilson and The Guardian reporter Sam Levin recap the victories and losses for the government and occupiers in the first week of th...

Update: First Witnesses
OPB's Conrad Wilson reports on the first witnesses to take the stand in the Malheur refuge trial: Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward and a man who was at...

Update: Opening Arguments — Sept. 13, 2016
OPB Reporter Conrad Wilson was in court to hear the opening statements from the federal government and the defense in the Malheur National Wildlife Re...

Ep. 4: The Trial Begins
Oregon Public Broadcasting takes a deep dive into the federal trial for the people who led the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlif...

Ep. 3: Santilli Charges Dropped & Jury Selection
On Tuesday — the eve of the beginning of the Malheur trial — charges against one defendant were dropped. In this bonus episode of "This Land Is Our La...

Ep. 2: Defense Strategy
OPB’s Conrad Wilson and Ryan Haas talk with Portland-based defense attorney Kevin Sali, who explains how defense attorneys go about trying to build a...

Ep. 1: What Happened In Harney County
In the debut episode of This Land Is Our Land, OPB reporters Conrad Wilson, Amanda Peacher and former OPB reporter John Sepulvado take a closer look a...

Trailer: OPB's This Land Is Our Land
OPB's This Land Is Our Land covers the trial of Ammon Bundy and the other people charged with taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oreg...