2 men sentenced in Palin lawyer harassment case

Published June 9, 2012 2:20am ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Pennsylvania men convicted of harassing Sarah Palin’s Alaska lawyers were sentenced Friday to time served and five years’ probation, with the proceedings briefly halted after a short outburst in court by one of the defendants.

During his sentencing in U.S. District Court in Anchorage, 20-year-old Shawn Christy said the judge’s order that he live up to six months in a Pennsylvania community re-entry program was “ridiculous.”

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