Arkansas man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Obama

[Cali_Democrat]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/14/arkansas.obama.threat/index.html

By Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Producer
January 14, 2010 8:19 p.m. EST

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Paul Schlesselman faces 10 years in prison in plea deal with Tennessee federal prosecutors
Schlesselman threatened to kill then-Sen. Obama on October 23, 2008, officials say
He also planned to kill dozens, focusing on African-Americans, Justice Department says


Washington (CNN) -- An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill several African-Americans in 2008, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Paul Schlesselman of West Helena, Arkansas, faces 10 years in prison under a plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors in Tennessee.

Federal officials in Washington said Schlesselman threatened to kill then-Sen. Obama on October 23, 2008, shortly before the presidential election.

He also planned to "murder dozens of people with a focus on murdering African-Americans" the Justice Department said.

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[Kdillard]

1. 10 years isn't long enough.

[Aristus]

2. It might be. If he spends the next 10 years living with the fear that his cellhouse mates

might want to return the favor, it'll seem like a century for him.

And there's always the possibility that they will be successful...

[HopeOverFear]

3. ah, prison justice...the great equalizer.

[bigwillq]

4. Put him away for life.

10 years if far too short, imo.

[zulchzulu]

5. What did his parents teach him?

Obviously he was raised in a Repiglican home with a Bible every 10 feet within reach.