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meet the legal definition of a bomb. After rejecting the request and expressing disbelief at
Harpham's claim that the device was not intended to hit parade-goers, Quackenbush sentenced him to 32 years in prison, followed by supervised release for life. He will also be required to complete counselling. His appeals were rejected. Harpham is imprisoned at
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Stevens County). The backpack with visible wires was noticed by three parade workers on a bench in downtown Spokane, about a half-hour before the parade was set to begin. Police sent bomb-sniffing dogs, a robot, and specially trained officers to the location where the bomb was
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September 14, 2011, Harpham pleaded guilty to setting the device, admitted to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and hate crimes. On December 20, 2011, hours before he was due to be sentenced, Harpham tried to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming that the device in his backpack didn't
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was viable and designed to be directional, which means that it was crafted to spray shrapnel into the street where the parade marchers would pass through; had it exploded, the bomb could have caused multiple casualties.
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The FBI offered a $ 20,000 reward for any information leading to the capture of those responsible. On March 9, 2011, the FBI Hostage Rescue Team arrested white supremacist and separatist Kevin
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568:"Suspect in MLK bomb tied to racist movement"
493:"Pipe Bomb discovered along MLK parade route"
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659:Krem2 News
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319:References
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178:rat poison
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186:pipe bomb
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127:pipe bomb
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307:See also
211:T-shirts
207:backpack
166:shrapnel
35:Location
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79:Injured
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295:Legacy
249:racist
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