UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook 400
An anonymous reader writes "In addition to the 12 arrests from last week, a judge has sentenced 20-year-old Jordan Blackshaw and 22-year-old Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan to four years in prison for their failed attempts to use Facebook to incite riots in the UK. The judge said he hoped the sentences would act as a deterrent. The two men were convicted for using Facebook to encourage violent disorder in their hometowns in northwest England."
Re:Off with their... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It will get reduced, however . . . (Score:0, Funny)
> Haven't they heard of the people that have gotten fired
No, because in UK English we don't use the pseudo-word "gotten".
Facebook? (Score:3, Funny)
4 years in primary school would have been more appropriate.
Re:It's a crime to attempt a crime, or incite othe (Score:4, Funny)