Men to stand trial for harassing Palin's lawyer

New Zealand Herald Wednesday 14th December, 2011

Two Pennsylvania men accused of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers by phone are going to have to stand trial. Federal Judge Timothy Burgess has rejected a plea deal for Shawn Christy and his father, Craig Christy, and instead ordered the men to stand trial in early January. The plea agreement would have let the two avoid prison time and six-figure fines. Burgess says the plea agreements prosecutors had reached with the Christys were not acceptable to him.

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