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‘Satanist’ ex-soldier sentenced to 2 1/2 years in bomb plot
Read full article: ‘Satanist’ ex-soldier sentenced to 2 1/2 years in bomb plotTOPEKA, Kan. – An ex-soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist and linked to a neo-Nazi group was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for distributing information through social media about building a bomb and making napalm. A federal judge rejected a request from Jarrett William Smith's attorney for a lenient sentence of 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree also ordered the three years of supervised probation for Smith after his release from prison. Prosecutors said that Smith planned to overthrow the government, with attacking a news organization as a first step. “What the defendant experienced is sad, and I have sympathy for him,” Mattivi told the judge.