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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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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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203:According to the FBI, the bombing may have been
245:Arrest, conviction, and sentence of perpetrator
814:Failed terrorist attempts in the United States
579:"Suspect in MLK bomb tied to racist movement"
504:"Pipe Bomb discovered along MLK parade route"
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721:Kip Hill,
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676:2011-05-03
670:Krem2 News
560:2020-01-05
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189:rat poison
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318:See also
222:T-shirts
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177:shrapnel
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306:Legacy
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