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Court tosses conviction of man who endorsed Bush's death
Associated Press via MercuryNews ^ | Fri, Apr. 08, 2005 | DAVID KRAVETS

Posted on 04/08/2005 4:27:51 PM PDT by mdittmar

Mailing a letter to the White House supporting President Bush's death at the hands of terrorists is not illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

The decision overturns the conviction and 18-month sentence given last year to an Oregon inmate who sent a rambling, poorly written letter to the president. It read, in part, "You will die too George W Bush real Soon they Promised That you would Long Live Bin Laden."

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 9thcircus; aclulist; bushdoctrineunfold; courtofapeals; deaththreat; firstamendment; freespeech; govwatch; michaelmoore; robedtyrants; ruling; wardchurchill
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1 posted on 04/08/2005 4:27:51 PM PDT by mdittmar
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What the Hell...


2 posted on 04/08/2005 4:29:00 PM PDT by oolatec
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To: oolatec

The same letter to Lord High Chief Justice Greer would land one in the slammer for life.


3 posted on 04/08/2005 4:29:44 PM PDT by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: mdittmar

what exactly does the LAW say ?


4 posted on 04/08/2005 4:30:16 PM PDT by kingattax
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I assume this guy will be forever watched by the secret service and with a little luck he'll step over the line and get himself into real trouble that he can't weasel out of.


5 posted on 04/08/2005 4:30:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: peyton randolph

9th Circus?


6 posted on 04/08/2005 4:31:00 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: mdittmar
??????????????????
7 posted on 04/08/2005 4:31:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: peyton randolph
The same letter to Lord High Chief Justice Greer would land one in the slammer for life.

Like hell.You would never live to see a trial.He would just order his baliff to shoot you in the spine and drag your body to main street at high noon as a warning to other uppity serfs to never question the kings authority.

8 posted on 04/08/2005 4:32:22 PM PDT by freepatriot32 (If you want to change goverment support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
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To: mdittmar

What's the big deal? Demorats say this all the time.


9 posted on 04/08/2005 4:32:39 PM PDT by TheDon (Euthanasia is an atrocity.)
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To: mdittmar

3 judge panel from the 9th Circuit. Figures.


10 posted on 04/08/2005 4:33:21 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: AndyJackson

I think Oregon is indeed in the 9th Circuit.


11 posted on 04/08/2005 4:33:30 PM PDT by kesg
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To: AndyJackson
9th Circus?

Yes. Unanimous 3-clown panel.

12 posted on 04/08/2005 4:33:40 PM PDT by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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You can mail a letter to the POTUS saying he'll die and praising terrorists, but Teddy Kenndey pees his pants about Tom DeLay supposedly justifying violence against judges. (which DeLay didn't)

So I ask, just who is running this country?

13 posted on 04/08/2005 4:34:47 PM PDT by infidel29 ("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
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To: kingattax; All

18 USC Sec. 871:

"...Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both."


14 posted on 04/08/2005 4:35:50 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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To: freepatriot32

Actually, Judge Greer would order that the inmate be denied nourishment until this natural and peaceful demise.


15 posted on 04/08/2005 4:36:06 PM PDT by This Just In ((In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king))
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To: mdittmar
who sent a rambling, poorly written letter to the president

he prolly dint use punctuation or capitals and wrote in hugh run-on sentences with many misspeelings and many abbrvs

16 posted on 04/08/2005 4:36:33 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: kesg
Would that be the 9th circuit according to Dante?
17 posted on 04/08/2005 4:36:51 PM PDT by infidel29 ("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
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To: infidel29

"You can mail a letter to the POTUS saying he'll die and praising terrorists, but Teddy Kenndey pees his pants about Tom DeLay supposedly justifying violence against judges. (which DeLay didn't)"


WORTH REPEATING!

WORTH IMPEACHING!

...and I don't mean impeaching Dubya....


18 posted on 04/08/2005 4:37:19 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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To: mdittmar

Of course it isn't a crime.

Patriotic heterosexual white Christian conservative male who likes guns? - now that's a crime!!!

democrats, republicans, no difference. Welcome to America 2005.


19 posted on 04/08/2005 4:38:25 PM PDT by sarah_f ( Know Islam, Know Terror.)
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To: oolatec

"What the Hell..."

That says it all. There is an out and out war of the left and the leftist judiciary against our President.


20 posted on 04/08/2005 4:38:44 PM PDT by Socratic (Ignorant and free? It's not to be. - T. Jefferson (paraphrase))
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