
BRETT TOLMAN: Mountain runner facing prison for using trail bureaucrats secretly deemed off-limits
Fox News
Record-setting runner Michelino Sunseri faces prosecution for trail use in Grand Tetons National Park, revealing concerns about overcriminalization and unchecked government power
Brett Tolman is executive director for Right on Crime and former United States attorney for the District of Utah. Tolman was a leading figure in the drafting and passage of the First Step Act, one of the most sweeping reforms of the federal criminal justice system in decades.
Sunseri ran a trail that hundreds if not thousands before him had done: he took a well-worn trail, one that’s been used for decades by hikers, climbers, and runners alike. There was no gate. No park ranger stopping people. Just a tiny sign about "erosion" half-hidden in the sagebrush. But that was enough for the National Park Service to charge him with a federal crime.













