Christian Extremist convicted of Attack
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_014124542.html(CBS) SANTA ANA, Calif. A man who choked a Pakistani cab driver and threatened revenge after a contractor beheading in Iraq will spend one year in jail beginning March 3rd after admitting to a hate crime.Scott Kenton Wilson, 39, pleaded guilty yesterday to race-related kidnapping, making criminal threats and assault, which were all felonies.Wilson, who is white, could have faced 13 years in prison had he gone to trial. Instead he accepted a lesser sentence to resolve the case.Wilson admitted he was intoxicated, called a cab and felt emotional of the beheading of contractor Nicholas Berg.On May 22, 2004, he choked the driver of the cab, spat on him and said, "Did you see my homeboy get his head chopped off? . . .I'm going to kill you twice for what your brothers did." The driver of the cab pressed a panic button, which activated a global position system that tracked the vehicle. The vehicle was pulled over in Long Beach and officers arrested Wilson. (MORE)
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