Prison Term Given Man in Cross-Burning
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From Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — A white man who doused three wooden crosses with gasoline and hurled them at a black family’s home in 1998 has been sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison.
Michael Dodson, 25, pleaded guilty to using fire in the commission of a felony, and witness intimidation for threatening to kill a co-defendant unless he provided a false alibi. He was sentenced Wednesday.
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