[LAF] Lying snitch is sent to prison

[Volodya]

Lying snitch is sent to prison

 > http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700233354,00.html
 >
 > State parolee is going to federal prison June 10, 2008
 >
 > Federal officials say a plan devised by a state parolee to get out of wearing
 > his ankle monitor backfired and has now landed him a four-year federal prison
 > sentence. Andy Hart was sentenced Monday to serve 48 months in federal prison
 > on the charge of making false material statements to the FBI. Hart had
 > previously pleaded guilty to the charge as part of a plea deal.
 >
 > According to court documents and federal prosecutors, Hart concocted a story
 > that animal-rights activists were plotting to "napalm" or firebomb a rural
 > Utah mink farm and that he had information about the plot. In exchange for
 > his help, Hart got the FBI to agree to help him get off of state supervision
 > early. Hart was serving parole for convictions on forgery and false
 > information charges.
 >
 > As part of the plot, authorities say Hart talked two of his friends into
 > driving to the mink farm, saying he was going to go help the FBI. According
 > to court documents, Hart left his friends standing outside the ranch and then
 > called the FBI, identifying his friends as the supposed bomb-plot suspects.
 >
 > FBI agents soon discovered Hart's story was fabricated.


I find it difficult to think of this story as either good or bad. On one hand 
this asshole will not be able to hurt people by making up stories about them. On 
another hand the government (even a bigger asshole) is now washing its hands and 
refusing the responsibility for the prison system.

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