Nation Briefs: Threats draw sentence, fine
Published: October 27, 2009
Threats draw sentence, fine
SAN DIEGO — Walter Bagdasarian, a California man who posted Internet messages about killing Barack Obama during last year’s presidential campaign, was sentenced Monday to 24 days of prison time already served, 60 days in a halfway house, two years of supervised release and a $500 fine. Bagdasarian’s lawyer argued that his client was drunk at the time and never meant to carry out the threats.
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DEATH PENALTY ON HOLD IN OHIO
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates, but now the death penalty is temporarily on hold. The state can’t find medical professionals willing to advise it on the best way to put condemned inmates to death because of ethical and professional rules which generally prohibit doctors, nurses and others from involvement in capital punishment. Executions have stopped while the state develops new injection policies.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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