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Synagogue firebomber handed 39-year sentence
Synagogue firebomber handed 39-year sentence
Associated Press
August 31, 2005


A US judge sentenced a man to 39 years in prison Tuesday for firebombing a synagogue. The defendant raised his hand in a stiff-armed Nazi salute as the judge turned her back and left the court.

Sean Gillespie, 21, of Spokane, Washington, was found guilty in April of three bombing-related charges for hurling a Molotov cocktail at Temple B'nai Israel in Oklahoma City on April 1, 2004. The act, which caused only minor damage to a brick wall and a glass door, was captured on a security videotape.

Gillespie, who once belonged to the white supremacist group Aryan Nations, was convicted of carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, damaging a building used in interstate commerce and having an unregistered destructive device.

His sentence was enhanced because of a letter he attempted to send to the synagogue after his conviction that was filled with racist comments. The letter, which was read in court, expressed his hatred toward the Jewish people and his desire to spark a racial holy war.

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