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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Do agree and he deserved hard time. Anyone else would have gotten time and he would have as well without his political connections...
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True Joe, for much much less...
Howard Harner, of Staunton, Virginia, pled guilty on May 27 to pilfering documents from the National Archives — approximately 100 letters from Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other historical figures. He then sold the letters, stolen over a six-year period, through Ebay and various auctions for a nifty profit. Harner, who promised to help investigators track down the letters,
will spend the next two years in prison for this crime in addition to paying a $10,000 fine.
“This sentence sends a very clear signal that theft of cultural property?will not be tolerated,” said U.S. Archivist Allen Weinsten, after the sentence was announced.
Fair enough.
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