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Three years in prison for Iraqi journalist who threw shoe at President Bush

By Douglas A. Berman

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This Washington Post article discusses the recent sentencing in Baghdad for the Iraqi journalist who committed a notable crime that everyone got to see thanks to modern video: A Baghdad judge ruled Thursday that an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George W. Bush was guilty of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced him to three years in prison, a verdict that unleashed tumult in the courtroom. "Long live Iraq!" shouted the television journalist, Muntadar al-Zaidi, as the sentence was handed down.... Zaidi became a folk hero of sorts in the Arab world after hurling both shoes at Bush, with considerable speed and accuracy, during a news conference Dec. 14. Bush, a nimble athlete with great reflexes, successfully ducked...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).

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