Eric Ridenour, convicted of crimes in the burning of two churches in a historic district in Douglas, received a sentence of 36 years in prison.
Ridenour was convicted of six arson and hate crimes counts for burning two Douglas churches in May 2023 because they included women and LGBTQ parishioners in church leadership roles.
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