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Article: TERRORIST THREATS MAY BRING MAN 299-YEAR TERM.(News)

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March 4, 2001
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Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer

LANCASTER - ``Whichever one of you ... called (the cops) is going to pay tonight.''

A man with a long and violent criminal record, Leonard Williams didn't make anybody pay that night. But the 45-year-old ``three strikes'' defendant could pay dearly by spending the rest of his life in prison.

In an unusual case - because he didn't actually commit a violent act, - only threatened one - Williams was convicted by a Lancaster jury of making a terrorist threat against his girlfriend and her children.

Before his trial began, Williams refused a plea bargain that would have landed him in prison for six ...

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