Johnny Logan Spencer apologized for writing the poem, which described a fatal sniper shooting of the president.The 28-year-old said in federal court in Louisville yesterday that he was upset over his mother's death and had fallen in with a white supremacist group that had helped him kick a drug habit.
US District Judge Joseph H McKinley Jr called Spencer's writing of the poem an extremely dangerous thing. Spencer will be on supervised release for three years after he completes the 33-month sentence.The poem, titled "The Sniper," was posted on a website in 2007 and again in 2009 after Obama took office.
(Published 07 December 2010, 02:27 IST)
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