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Family of American who fought for Taliban asks government to commute sentence
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 12/18/7
| Kim Vo
Posted on 12/18/2007 2:20:04 PM PST by SmithL
Hoping a new attorney general will be more sympathetic to their cause, John Walker Lindh's parents again asked the White House to commute the sentence of the Marin County man who fought in Afghanistan for the Taliban.
The family filed a petition today asking that Lindh's 20-year sentence be commuted. Lindh pleaded guilty in 2002 to providing services to the Taliban and carrying explosives during a felony.
His attorneys first applied for a commutation in 2004, and have regularly beseeched the government since then to shorten Lindh's sentence.
"We hope that President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will find it in their hearts to grant mercy this holiday season," Lindh's mother, Marilyn Lindh, said today.
Lindh's two-decade sentence is unfair compared to people like David Hicks, the Australian who was sentenced to nine months for providing material support to Al-Qaida,...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: liberalpukes; limousineliberal; lindh; marincounty; sanfranciscovalues; talibanger; terrorist; traitor
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posted on
12/18/2007 2:20:07 PM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
2
posted on
12/18/2007 2:21:48 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: SmithL
To: SmithL
Can we commute it to the death penalty? If not, then, no.
4
posted on
12/18/2007 2:23:36 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(In memory of my Friend T'wit, who taught me much. ~ Þ)
To: SmithL
No, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
5
posted on
12/18/2007 2:24:51 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: SmithL
Can we file a petition that IT should
be hung by the neck until IT is dead?
6
posted on
12/18/2007 2:25:29 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
To: Billthedrill
Wasn’t he involved in a prison break where an American was killed?
7
posted on
12/18/2007 2:25:35 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: SmithL
They can pound sand. Remember Johnny Spann.
9
posted on
12/18/2007 2:25:49 PM PST
by
Sax
To: SmithL
There will be another Christmas in about 20 years, bring it up then.
10
posted on
12/18/2007 2:26:02 PM PST
by
Gator113
(My short list..Fred, Hunter, Romney.)
To: SmithL
"We hope that President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will find it in their hearts to grant mercy this holiday season," Lindh's mother, Marilyn Lindh, said today. Ask that of Mike Spann's survivors, Mrs. Lindh. May John Lindh rot in prison!
11
posted on
12/18/2007 2:26:08 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.com)
To: SmithL
Why not turn his sorry butt over to Lieutenant J.T. Wrobloweskis brothers and let them take care of this puke. After all he and his killed their brother.
12
posted on
12/18/2007 2:26:11 PM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: SmithL
13
posted on
12/18/2007 2:27:11 PM PST
by
wastedyears
("I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson)
To: SmithL
Shoulda been executed for treason.
14
posted on
12/18/2007 2:27:24 PM PST
by
teenyelliott
(Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
To: SmithL
sorry,we got enough dems on the loose
15
posted on
12/18/2007 2:27:29 PM PST
by
jd792
To: Gator113
Yeah. Keep a spot open in the hot tub.
16
posted on
12/18/2007 2:27:52 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: SmithL
"We hope that President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will find it in their hearts to grant mercy this holiday season," Try again at Eid, morons.
To: massgopguy
Wasn’t he involved in a prison break where an American was killed?Yes, Johnny "Mike" Spann.
18
posted on
12/18/2007 2:28:16 PM PST
by
Bahbah
To: SmithL
Why is this traitor still alive?
To: All
20
posted on
12/18/2007 2:28:46 PM PST
by
Cindy
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