A federal judge sentenced Shawana Topekia Pierce, the former Fort Benning civilian employee who pleaded guilty in July of burning down the post’s Judge Advocate General’s headquarters, to 7 years in prison.
Pierce, 31, who had worked at the JAG office before being dismissed during an investigation into another matter, faced five to 20 years in prison.
As explained in Judge Clay Land's courtroom, five years was the established mandatory minimum sentence based both on Pierce's criminal history and her decision to admit wrongdoing in the case.
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