Michael Sona sentenced to 9 months in jail for 'callous' robocalls

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Michael Sona sentenced to 9 months in jail for 'callous' robocalls

By Laura Payton, CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-sona-sentenced-to-9-months-in-jail-for-callous-robocalls-1.2839410

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Former Conservative staffer Michael Sona has been sentenced to nine months in jail plus a year on probation for trying to keep some voters in Guelph, Ont., from casting ballots in the 2011 federal election.

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Earlier, Hearn said Sona's crime showed a "callous and blatant disregard for the right of people to vote" and said Sona was a major participant in this "ill-conceived and disturbing plan."

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Sona, 26, was the only person charged with planning and setting loose a misleading robocall that hit 6,000 voters in Guelph in an attempt to keep them from casting ballots in the May 2, 2011, federal election. He was found guilty in August and faced a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Between 150 to 200 people who received the robocall went to the wrong place to vote.


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[shenmue]

1. What a jerk

Boo!

[arikara]

2. Yah right.

He did it on his own just like Nigel Wright paid Duffy out on his own, and like the CRA is coincidentally auditing only environmental and left leaning charities on their own.

What a farce.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. +1 n/t

[JBoy]

4. Gullible, boot-licking conservative cannon fodder.

He had an opportunity to rat out his masters, and he chose to take the fall. Enjoy prison.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. Then enjoy the life-long golden parachute;

his type are valuable to parties.