White Supremacist Accused In Obama Plot Wants Charges Dismissed
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White Supremacist Accused In Obama Plot Wants Charges Dismissed
A White Supremacist arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President-elect Barack Obama and to kill dozens of other black people wants his indictment dismissed because there were too many blacks on the grand jury that returned it.
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(November 13, 2008)-- A White Supremacist arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President-elect Barack Obama and to kill dozens of other black people wants his indictment dismissed because there were too many blacks on the grand jury that returned it.

Daniel Cowart, 20, of rural West Tennessee and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark., face charges including threatening a presidential candidate and taking firearms across state lines to commit crimes.

Authorities say the pair plotted a robbery and killing spree in which they planned to murder dozens of black people, including Obama.

Cowart's lawyer filed a petition Thursday seeking to have his client's indictment dismissed.

It argues that the 23-member grand jury that returned the indictment had just two white members and could not have been fair and impartial.

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Posted by: Patriot Location: Texas on Nov 13, 2008 at 07:21 PM

Fair is fair! If you make a death threat against elect-Hussein, you deserve jail time just like the idiot that threatened to kill Bush....
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