Editing Hutaree (section)

===Trial===
The trial began on February 13, 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keshavan |first=Meghana |date=February 13, 2012 |title=Trial of pro-arms militia opens in Detroit |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-hutaree-idUSTRE81C19V20120213 |access-date=October 14, 2020 |via=}}</ref> On March 27, 2012, a federal judge acquitted seven Hutaree defendants of the most serious charges related to conspiracy and sedition; they were free to go. David Stone Sr. and Joshua Stone continued to be held on weapons-related charges.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=United States v. Stone|litigants-force-plain=y|court=E.D. Mich.|opinion=Case No: 10-20123|date=March 27, 2012|url=https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-stone-73|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227041626/https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-stone-73|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref> On August 8, 2012, David Stone Sr., Joshua Stone, and Joshua Clough were sentenced to time served on weapons-related charges, to which they pleaded guilty, and placed under supervision for two years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelleher |first=James B. |date=August 8, 2012 |title=Three Hutaree militia members sentenced in Detroit to time served |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-hutaree-idUSBRE8770ZQ20120808 |access-date=August 9, 2023}}</ref>