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Battle with Scientology sparks Schwarzenegger pardon request</div>
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<div class="articleDate">Article Launched: 07/07/2007 12:29:22 PM PDT</div>
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former Silicon Valley computer consultant whose decade-long fight with
the Church of Scientology led to his ruin is asking Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger to free him from a Riverside County jail.
<p>Keith
Henson's crusade against the church brought him a misdemeanor
conviction for interfering with the rights of others to practice their
religion. The 64-year-old Californian is now two months into a
six-month jail sentence for the crime. </p>
<p>It is the latest
development in a war that forced Henson into bankruptcy and prompted
him to flee to Canada to ask for political asylum. </p>
<p>Henson's
troubles began in the mid-1990s, when he was living in Palo Alto and
happened upon an Internet page criticizing the church for operating
more like a cult. </p>
<p>Henson published documents on the Internet
detailing Scientology's approach to medical treatment. The church sued
him for copyright infringement and won $75,000 in damages after a
four-day trial in 1998. </p>
<p>The ruling forced Henson into
bankruptcy. But he moved to Southern California and began picketing
Scientology organizations. He was arrested outside a Scientology
facility in Riverside County in July 2000 and charged with making
terrorist threats and interfering with religious rights. </p>
<p>He
fled to Canada in 2001 and sought political asylum. When he was denied
asylum in 2005, he returned to the United States and was arrested in
February. </p>
<p>His wife and daughter drove two days from Arizona to Sacramento to
present Schwarzenegger on Friday with a petition seeking a pardon or
clemency. </p>
<p>A Schwarzenegger spokesman wouldn't comment on the request. </p>
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Joseph Bloch wrote:
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<pre wrap="">There's a relatively brief story from the Saturday paper here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6322465">http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6322465</a>
(I'm guessing the longer article from the Sunday paper will be available on
the web tomorrow.)
Joseph
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.josephbloch.com">http://www.josephbloch.com</a>
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<pre wrap="">-----Original Message-----
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:extropy-chat">mailto:extropy-chat</a>-
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bounces@lists.extropy.org">bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>] On Behalf Of spike
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:28 AM
To: 'ExI chat list'
Subject: [ExI] keith in the news again
There is a long article about Keith in today's San Jose Merky News.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Unlike
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<pre wrap="">his Palo Alto treatment, this one is relatively fair and balanced. It is
about his efforts to get a pardon from Aaaahnold. Lets hope for the best
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<pre wrap=""><!---->on
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<pre wrap="">that.
spike
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