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| Bush attacker gets life sentence |
| 2006-01-12 |
 A Georgian man accused of attempting to kill George Bush by lobbing a hand grenade towards him at an outdoor rally in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia last May has been sentenced to life in prison. The defendant, Vladimir Arutyunyan, "is sentenced to the highest form of punishment - life in prison", the presiding judge in his trial said on Wednesday. "He was found guilty on eight charges from the criminal code and four of them demand the highest form of punishment," Judge David Dzhugeli said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I hear them Georgia jails can be mighty tough. I hear they still use chain gangs. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-12 22:05 |
| #3 De jure to be sure, ed. But de facto, too? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-12 21:44 |
| #2 If the grenade would have exploded, it would have killed and wounded dozens in the packed crowd. In addition Arutyunyan also killed the chief of the Georgian Counterterrorism unit in a shootout. Too bad Georgia got rid of the death penalty. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-01-12 08:03 |
| #1 The investigators said DNA found on a handkerchief in which the grenade was wrapped matched that of Arutyunyan. One of the FBI investigators, Brendan Shea, told the court: "The probability that a match could occur at random is one in 24 quadrillion." Special Agent Shea meet Mark Furman and Marcia Clark. Mark Furman and Marcia Clark, please meet Special Agent Brendan Shea. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-12 07:51 |