Shoe Thrower's Sentenced Reduced

Shoe Thrower&#8217;s Sentenced Reduced (Added: April 07, 2009)

The Iraqi journalist who slung shoes at President Bush in a sign of protest will now spend 1 year in prison instead of 3. (more)

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The Iraqi journalist who slung shoes at President Bush in a sign of protest will now spend 1 year in prison instead of 3.

By: Michael Snowden | WKRG-TV
Published: April 07, 2009

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BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi court has reduced the prison sentence
for an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President
George W. Bush from three years to one.
Court spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar says Tuesday's decision
was made because the journalist had no prior criminal history.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi was sentenced to three years in March after a
quick trial. Al-Zeidi had pleaded not guilty to a charge of
assaulting a foreign leader and said his action was a "natural
response to the occupation."
The journalist's act during Bush's last visit to Iraq as
president turned the 30-year-old reporter into a folk hero across
the Arab world, where the former U.S. president is reviled for the
2003 invasion of Iraq.
Al-Zeidi faced up to 15 years.

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