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CA: Director gets 1 year in prison in wiretapping case

Posted on October 4, 2010 by pogowasright.org

Greg Risling of The Associated Press reports:

“Die Hard” director John McTiernan was sentenced to one year in prison Monday for lying about his association with a private investigator to illegally wiretap a movie producer.

In a stinging rebuke of the 59-year-old McTiernan, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer said he should receive a harsher sentence than the year recommended by prosecutors because he didn’t accept responsibility for his actions.

Read more in the Houston Chronicle.

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