FC: Scientology critic Henson will be sentenced on Wednesday

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Mon May 14 2001 - 07:00:34 PDT

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    From: xenuat_private
    Date: 14 May 2001 12:26:22 -0000
    To: declanat_private
    Subject: Keith Henson case sentencing Wednesday May 16
    
    Keith Henson is being sentenced on his 422.6 conviction on
    Wednesday.  He has spoken with a probation officer with some
    knowledge of the case, who has told him the political pressure
    placed on the judge will result in the maximum sentence, a year
    in prison.
    
    Incidentally, the posts being used in deciding his conviction
    weren't even written by Henson, but by someone else.
    
    Here we have a conviction of "hate crimes" without hate, or a crime.
    
    Now if this stands in California, anyone who posts articles to Usenet
    that someone claims, no matter how unreasonably, somehow scares
    them, can apparently get a conviction and put someone away based
    on nothing more substantial than dislike.
    
    In this particular case, it appears to be, piss off the Scientologists,
    go to jail, and it doesn't even apparently matter whether you wrote
    the posts in question or not.
    
    In any case there will probably be very bad news in this case on
    Wednesday.
    
    
    Henson's contact info
    [home phone number deleted --DBM]
    Email: hkhensonat_private
    
    Rob Clark
    
    
    
    
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