Mistrial declared in case of man charged with threatening Obama

[YankeeLeft7x]

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Mistrial declared in case of man charged with threatening Obama
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

(11-03) 06:07 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- “….A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Del Norte County man who was indicted on charges that he threatened in an e-mail to kill President Obama and members of his family….On Monday, jurors told U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in San Francisco that they were hopelessly deadlocked in the trial of John Gimbel, 59, of Crescent City, who had been accused of writing an expletive-laden e-mail that threatened Obama, his wife and their children. …"This shows that an intelligent jury can work through the profanity and racial epithets contained in the e-mail and follow the judge's instructions as to what a true threat is," said Gimbel's attorney, Michael Stepanian…. On Sept. 28, 2009, Gimbel e-mailed a message bearing a subject line that read, in part, "Kill the 'president'... then write 'fed s-' on his chest with a felt tip," said the indictment issued in October 2009, when Obama visited San Francisco for fundraisers at the St. Francis Hotel…..”

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[Mimosa]

1. WHOA. I can't believe the jurors were deadlocked

It's a federal crime to threaten the life of the President. No ifs, ands or buts.

[sfwriter]

3. It just takes one to say he isn't the president....

Where is his long form birth certificate?

He's not my president.

You can see how that would go. The ignorant-pride would kick in when someone poked him with reality and from there on out it is Mussolini-jawed defiance.

[Ian David]

2. Let's List the violent attacks by the Right Wingers

Let's List the violent attacks by the Right Wingers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9389907&mesg_id=9389907

[Dogtown]

4. Jury nullification.

They should have screened for 'Baggers.