Sentence Reduced For Iraqi Shoe Thrower

[sabra]

Source: CBS News/AP

Prison Time Cut To One Year For Tossing Shoes At Bush; Indian Reporter Repeats Action During Press Conference

(CBS/AP) An Iraqi court has reduced the prison sentence for an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George W. Bush from three years to one.

Court spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar said Tuesday's decision was made because the journalist had no prior criminal history.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi was sentenced to three years in March after a quick trial. Al-Zeidi had pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting a foreign leader and said his action was a "natural response to the occupation."

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News of the reduction in sentence comes the same day an angry journalist threw a shoe at India's top security official during a press conference in New Delhi.

The footwear was thrown following a confrontational exchange about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that left thousands dead.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/iraq/main4925168.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

[Mari333]

1. throw shoes, go to jail

throw shoes, go to jail.
send over 4000 troops to their deaths and kill millions of innocent people, live in a mansion in dallas.

[theoldman]

2. Kill one person and you are a murderer.

Kill a million and you are a hero.

[theoldman]

3. Kill one person and you are a murderer.

Kill a million and you are a hero.

Sorry I screwed up an do not know how to delete.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I'm pleased, but would have liked to have seen them reduce it to 'time served'.

[Common Sense Party]

5. He'll probably get a primetime MSNBC show when he gets out.

[soothsayer]

6. obama should pardon him (since the iraq govt is fake anyway)

[Towlie]

7. He wasn't the guy who threw the shoe anyway. I have proof.

[leveymg]

8. Thought you meant this second shoe-thrower:

[primavera]

9. This hero is in jail?!

He should be given a medal!