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Martinez said he had no regrets whatsoever and has no plans to fight the charges. Adolfo Martinez did not fight the charges, saying he committed the act 'intentionally'.
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“I burned down their pride, plain and simple.” “So this was about homosexuality?” KCCI reporter Chris Gothner asked. It is a judgment and it’s written to execute vengeance on the heathen and punishments on the people,” Martinez said. did make his motive clear when KCCI went to his house to ask him about the charges Wednesday. flags across the nation, a previously convicted Iowa man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after burning a LGBT pride flag. Man Says Burning Gay Flag was a ‘Blessing from the Lord’īy Chris Gothner. While leftists routinely go unpunished after torching and destroying U.S. (Read more from “Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison After Burning Pride Flag” HERE) Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson, as well as a year for the reckless use of explosives or fire, and 30 days for harassment. to a 2012 CNN interview in which Piers Morgan asked Scalia about throwing flag burners in jail. Hate crime charges also carry enhanced penalties. NEVADA, Iowa A man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. that flag burning was protected by the First Amendment. At the time of his November conviction, KCCI reported that the “habitual offender” charge filed against Martinez called for a lengthier penalty. An Ames man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in the burning of an LGBTQ flag flying at a church in the central Iowa city, according to court records. The sentences are to be served consecutively, Story County court records said.Ī jury convicted Martinez in November. A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa.Īdolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment.