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Man Behind Anti-Muslim Film Gets 1 Year in Prison

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Nov. 8, 2012

The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the Middle East agreed to spend a year in federal prison for unrelated probation violations, but afterward issued a statement that appeared to reinforce his stern stance against Islam. Click here for full article.


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  1. Dee Batis said,

    on November 8th, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    It’s too bad they didn’t convict him on hate crimes ~ did he even get charged???
    This man is responsible for the deaths of many, many people & should be charged with them. I understand freedom of speech and censorship laws but the making of these types of films should be outlawed, especially when they result in the deaths of innocents.

  2. Tobias A. Weissman said,

    on November 10th, 2012 at 9:01 am

    I fully agree with Dee Batis, freedom of the press doesn’t give the right to produce something that causes mass riots and deaths. But, with all the critical ism given, how did the producers know about the reaction to the film? In that case, jail time should not even enter the thought. All one can do is to sue.

  3. Tobias A, Weissman said,

    on November 10th, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    I have to agree with Dee Batis, except for one item of law. No matter if the producer was a felon or not, did he wantonly produce this film to cause the mass rioting and killings that happened after the showing of the film. That has to be proven, and if so, then he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

  4. Charles Dan Austin said,

    on November 10th, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    This is one of those free speech cases where the ACLU or SPLC would have provided better representation than the one he got. I don’t think he should have been sentenced to prison its better to just ignore him.

  5. Tobias A. Weissman said,

    on November 12th, 2012 at 8:35 am

    I agree with Dee Batis except you have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mark Youseff knew before he filmed the documentary, that it would cause riots.

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