Florida Attorney Sentenced to Over Eight Years for Embassy Attack Attempt and Vandalism

A Florida attorney was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to damaging a San Antonio sculpture and attempting to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. The ruling, delivered on a Friday, was notably influenced by the attorney’s own statements during the hearing, which the judge deemed to have contributed to the length of the sentence. Further details of the case can be found here.