Man gets 25 years in jail for "South Park" threats

[SlyPokerDog]

LOS ANGELES – A Virginia man who encouraged the murder of Matt Stone and Trey Parker over an episode of "South Park" that portrayed the Muslim prophet Muhammed dressed as a bear was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.

Zachary Chesser had written in multiple Internet posts over a four-month period last year that the South Park creators should "wind up like Theo Van Gogh," who was murdered by a radical Muslim because he objected to the Dutch filmmaker's negative portrayal of Islamic society.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110225/us_nm/us_southpark

 

[Nate Dogg]

Man gets 25 years in jail for South Park Threats

A Virginia man who encouraged the murder of Matt Stone and Trey Parker over an episode of "South Park" that portrayed the Muslim prophet Muhammed dressed as a bear was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110225/us_nm/us_southpark

This sounds obsessive sentencing to me but what do I know!

 

[Nate Dogg]

LOL, i just did the same post but a minute later. LOL

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Re: Man gets 25 years in jail for South Park Threats

LOL! Beat you by one minute!

 

[Nate Dogg]

Re: Man gets 25 years in jail for South Park Threats

I Know. hahahahah

Delete my topic post moderators please!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

LOL, i just did the same post but a minute later. LOL

I saw that.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Is it me, or is this obsessive sentencing?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Is it me, or is this obsessive sentencing?

Yeah, except that there's more to it.

In October, Chesser pleaded guilty to charges that he provided material support to terrorists and that he communicated threats of violence. He faced up to 30 years and he agreed that he'd request no less than 20 years.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Is it me, or is this obsessive sentencing?

Read the rest of the story, sounds like he got what he deserved.

But Stone and Parker were only a piece of the case against Chesser, who also tried on two occasions to join al-Shabab, a terrorist group in Somalia, and encouraged like-minded people on the Internet to leave suspicious packages in public places in the U.S. so that if and when real bombs were planted they'd go unnoticed.

Chesser also encouraged violence against cartoonists who were planning to participate in "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," which was a plan -- that never came to fruition -- created to show support for Parker and Stone and for free speech. He even supplied the necessary contact information for various cartoonists.

In October, Chesser pleaded guilty to charges that he provided material support to terrorists and that he communicated threats of violence. He faced up to 30 years and he agreed that he'd request no less than 20 years.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Re: Man gets 25 years in jail for South Park Threats

I Know. hahahahah

Delete my topic post moderators please!

Oooh even better. I got a merge!