Oregon Standoff Trial: It's in the Hands of the Jury

Ryan Bundy apologized for "any unintentional conveniences we may have caused" as he delivered his own closing argument in federal court in Portland. Bundy is one of seven defendants charged in connection with the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

The case will be in the jury's hands after nearly six weeks of testimony.

While prosecutors tried to present the case as a clear cut question of the fact that the refuge did not belong to the defendants yet they took it over and prevented federal workers from doing their jobs, Bundy and the others on the defense side of the table have a different view.

"We were protesting because we couldn't get them to do their duty," Bundy said, explaining they were trying to get people to protect two ranchers who were headed to prison for setting fires on federal land.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," Bundy said, quoting Martin Luther King Jr.. "I ask you to enter a verdict of not guilty on all counts not just for me, but for all of us."

Also delivering closing arguments Wednesday was Per Olson, lawyer for David Fry, the last person to surrender at the refuge.

"To call it a conspiracy is simply a very poor and inaccurate way of describing what went on here," Olson said.

Matt Schindler, who is representing Kenneth Medenbach, argued to jurors the actions of his defendants and others were not criminal.

"How did any of these people benefit from protesting the death of rural America>" he asked.