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'Burning Bush' comment draws prison term
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:51:23 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "Jon O." <jono () networkcommand com> Reply-To: "jono () networkcommand com" <jono () networkcommand com> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:32:31 -0800 To: dave () farber net Subject: 'Burning Bush' comment draws prison term http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/burning.bush.ap/ 'Burning Bush' comment draws prison term Man plans to appeal Friday, December 6, 2002 Posted: 2:59 PM EST (1959 GMT) SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AP) -- A man who made a remark about a "burning Bush" during the president's March 2001 trip to Sioux Falls was sentenced Friday to 37 months in prison. Richard Humphreys of Portland, Oregon was convicted in September of threatening to kill or harm the president and said he plans to appeal. He has said the comment was a prophecy protected under his right to free speech. Humphreys said he got into a barroom discussion in nearby Watertown with a truck driver. A bartender who overheard the conversation realized the president was to visit Sioux Falls the next day and told police Humphreys talked about a "burning Bush" and the possibility of someone pouring a flammable liquid on Bush and lighting it. "I said God might speak to the world through a burning Bush," Humphreys testified during his trial. "I had said that before and I thought it was funny." ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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