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The Canadian woman at the centre of a seven-year manhunt whose face graced wanted posters around the Pacific Northwest cast a smaller shadow Thursday on a slow walk to her defence table in a Portland, Ore., federal courtroom.

Now a decade removed from her membership in the eco-terrorism group “The Family,” 40-year-old Rebecca Rubin stood slender and erect in her blue jail jumpsuit.

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At 10:57 a.m., she said the words she’s been dodging since authorities offered a $50,000 reward for her capture.

“Guilty,” she said, in a voice so soft a judge had to ask her to speak up.

It was the first of three admissions of guilt she made Thursday to arson and conspiracy charges, and with them, consented to give up at least five years of her freedom. She will be sentenced on Jan. 27.

Of course she feels remorse

Rubin’s plea was the latest admission of wrongdoing by members of “The Family” in a series of arsons across three Western states from 1996 to 2001 that did $40 million in damage.