Waco Prosecutor Admits Lying To Superiors Gets Probation
Matthew Gaylor
freematt at coil.com
Tue Nov 13 15:25:21 PST 2001
<http://www.dallasnews.com/waco/388365_waco_08tex.ART.html>
Attorney in Waco case gets probation
Prosecutor admits lying to superiors
06/08/2001
By Joe Stange / Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - Former federal prosecutor Bill Johnston was sentenced
Thursday to two years of probation for withholding information about
exploding tear-gas canisters used during the 1993 Branch Davidian
siege near Waco.
In refusing a federal prosecutor's recommendation of a jail sentence,
U.S. District Judge Charles Shaw said Mr. Johnston's motivation did
not appear to be devious and also ordered him to perform 200 hours of
community service.
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