York Times has said that his followers pretentiously describe von NotHaus as "the Rosa Parks of the constitutional currency movement." He appealed his conviction, but his appeal was denied on November 10, 2014. On November 11, 2014, Judge Voorhees denied von NotHaus' Motion for Acquittal. On December 2, 2014, despite prosecutor demands that he serve as much as 23 years in Federal prison, he was sentenced to 6 months house arrest, with 3 years probation. As part of his reasoning for delivering a greatly reduced sentence from what Federal Prosecutors demanded, Judge Richard L. Voorhees considered von NotHaus' appeal, which stated: ...if anything is clear from the evidence presented at trial, it is that the last thing Mr. von NotHaus wanted was for Liberty Dollars [to] be confused with coins issued by the United States government...His intention – to protest the Federal Reserve system – has always been plain. The jury's verdict conflates a program created to function as an alternative to the Federal Reserve system with one designed to [deceive] people into believing it was the very thing Mr. von NotHaus was protesting in the first place...the Liberty Dollars was not a counterfeit and was not intended to function as such. The verdict is a perversion of the counterfeiting statutes and should be set aside. The conviction, which was seen as a victory for the government, has now defined as prohibiting the use of silver bullion, or any other metal coin or bar not issued under government authority, from being used as currency in commerce. The Silver Certificates issued by Liberty Services were not considered any form of counterfeiting or violation of law. Bernard von NotHaus' probation officer suggested he file for early release from probation after one year, and recommended the early termination to the court. Termination of probation was formally granted December 9, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees: http://www.libertydollarnews.org/2015dec/BVNH_pt.pdf When asked about the government's motive for accusing him of terrorism, von NotHaus scoffed, "This is the United States government. It's got all the guns, all the surveillance, all the tanks, it has nuclear weapons, and it's worried about some ex-surfer guy making his own money? Give me a break!" Forfeiture trial The forfeiture trial was scheduled to resume Monday, April 4, 2011. Federal prosecutors were seeking to take roughly million worth or five tons in Liberty Dollars minted in gold and silver seized in