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EXHIBIT 8

LETTER FROM PETmCNER'S DAUGHTER, BETHANY HATCH

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To: October 2014

Judge George Z. Singal

United States District Judge

Dear Judge SingaiMy name is Bethany Hatch and Iam Elaine Brown's daughter. She is currently incarcerated for tax

evasion and a multitude of charges related to the prevention of the US Marshall to her arrest.

At this time, Elainehas been incarcerated for about 5 years of her 35 year sentence. Iam writing to you

now as her sentence does not seem right as her husband, Ed Brown, was the one leading the decisions

that resulted in this case going to court. Iam hoping you can take into account some information from

her familymembers on who Elaine isseparate and apart from who she was portrayed as during her trial

as she was portrayed as an active participant in the charges brought against her.

I am not writing to simply showcase Ed Brown's flaws but Iwant to let you know the Elaine Brown

before him and what she is like without him around.

She has never broken a law, was a successful dentist on her own accord and efforts and was/is an

honorable person and an overall nice woman. She and Iwould vacation together annually outside of

the US, and have a great time and meet new people and make friends. Also, my mother had her dental

practice that was successful and her staff and patients loved her. What they did not love was getting

berated by Ed when they went to the office. This was a place of business and a medical office where

people should not be getting lectured on a person's own thoughts of the United States Government. Ed

was so forceful, many of his staff members loathed going to a job they once loved for a woman they

respected. His actions alienated more and more people from them and resulted in her having fewer and

fewer people to interact with.

Ed Brown has been a master manipulator when it has come to my mother. He became a very aggressive

force around her since the day he moved in with us back in the 1980s. Most of her friends quickly

disappeared from her iife and our relationship has definitely been strained and tense because of him.

Ed needed to be part of every conversation and decision that she was having and quickly Ed'srantings of

hisopinions on government and other life issues because too much for people to take. And they simply

stopped speaking with my mother.

Mymother would never, ever have done any of these things she was charged with if it weren't for Ed

Brown. Again,she was a successful dentist and that alone took up a lot of her time. Her hobbies are

gardening, knitting, cooking and reading; not stockpilingweapons or anything even remotely similar to

that. Ed Brown stopped working not too long after they moved to New Hampshireand that is when he

turned his focus onto his disdain for the government. He was relentless with my mother about how she

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should run her business and build the home (which she paid for since he had no money and would not

work). Icannot remember ever having a conversation with Ed that did not result in his view of the

government; it was really tough to be in the same room with him. Mymother always did the polite

thing and let him speak. She was brought up to not interrupt someone when they were speaking.

I hope you take in account the letters you get on my mother's behalf and seriously consider revisiting

her sentence. At 73 years old, my mother doesn't have the desire to continue on with the plight of

taxes or any other issue that she was charged for - those were all Ed Brown's issues, not hers.

Additionally, she doesn't have physical stamina or the resources, be it networking or financial, to

continue that, either. She lost everything she ever worked for and now simply wants to spend her

remaining days with her children. Although I am 44 years old, Istill need my mother and I have the

capabilities to take care of her if she gets released so there will be no strain on anyone to support her.

Ioften wonder that if my mother and Ed had separate trials, if her sentencing would have been much

different as it was really his influence and decision making that led to their arrest and their charges.

Ithank you in advance for reading my letter and considering some sentence reduction for her.

Sincerely

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JANICE M. ARCHER

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