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Massachusetts inmate gets three years in prison for plot to kill Obama
Source: Reuters
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JULY 26, 2017 / 6:01 PM / 2 HOURS AGO
Massachusetts inmate gets three years in prison for plot to kill Obama
Nate Raymond
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who prosecutors said developed a detailed plan while in state custody to kill former U.S. President Barack Obama in a sniper-like attack and then flee was sentenced on Wednesday to 37 months in prison.
Alex Hernandez, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty in May to one count of threatening to kill and inflict bodily harm upon the president.
The prison term will run concurrently with an earlier sentence Hernandez is serving for a firearms violation, on which he has two years left.
Talwani said that while Hernandez had engaged in "somewhat chilling" conversations with an undercover federal agent related to the contemplated attack, he deserved credit for backing away from his threats.
His lawyer, Miriam Conrad, had fought against the five-year prison term prosecutors wanted, asking whether the threats were "just a fantasy of someone suffering from mental illness most of his life."
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JULY 26, 2017 / 6:01 PM / 2 HOURS AGO
Massachusetts inmate gets three years in prison for plot to kill Obama
Nate Raymond
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who prosecutors said developed a detailed plan while in state custody to kill former U.S. President Barack Obama in a sniper-like attack and then flee was sentenced on Wednesday to 37 months in prison.
Alex Hernandez, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty in May to one count of threatening to kill and inflict bodily harm upon the president.
The prison term will run concurrently with an earlier sentence Hernandez is serving for a firearms violation, on which he has two years left.
Talwani said that while Hernandez had engaged in "somewhat chilling" conversations with an undercover federal agent related to the contemplated attack, he deserved credit for backing away from his threats.
His lawyer, Miriam Conrad, had fought against the five-year prison term prosecutors wanted, asking whether the threats were "just a fantasy of someone suffering from mental illness most of his life."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-crime-obama-idUSKBN1AB2Y3