Man gets suspended sentence for stealing radioactive material in Chiba

Wednesday 27th August, 03:06 PM JST

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dennis0bauer at 03:12 PM JST - 27th August

suspended sentence because he glows in the dark?
thepro at 03:27 PM JST - 27th August

another suspended sentence. woopie, go catch some more of those super dangerous pot-smokers
romulus3 at 04:10 PM JST - 27th August

thepro,

how do you know he wasn't stoned when he made the dumbest decision ever to steal radioactive material?
DXXJP at 10:15 PM JST - 27th August

WAIT!!!!!!!

You meen he got a suspended sentence, WHERE THE HELL IS DUBYA AND SARGE defending our freedom from terrorist. IF this was in the states he would be on a one way flight to gitmo charged with WMD and you all know the rest of the story.
some14some at 10:39 PM JST - 27th August

IF this was in the states he would be on a one way flight to gitmo charged with WMD and you all know the rest of the story.

This happened in Japan as such we should be thankful that court gave him atleast suspended sentence and not an award.
lipscombe at 10:48 PM JST - 27th August

another potential terrorist goes free
Starviking at 07:29 AM JST - 28th August

'Iridium could potentially harm people if they get too close but there appears to be no residual radioactivity from the incident, the ruling said'

But according to the International Atomic Energy Agency:

"radioactive materials that could be used in dirty bombs are also widely used throughout the world for a variety of purposes, from the treatment of illnesses to irradiating food. While most of these materials are too weak to cause serious radiological harm, industrial radiography, radiotherapy, industrial irradiators and thermo-electric generators use highly radioactive materials like cobalt 6, strontium 90, cesium 137 and iridium 192."

Yes, highly radioactive - and a potential component of a Dirty Bomb to boot!

Once more Japanese Judges are shown to be clueless.
kavikahi at 02:17 PM JST - 30th August

Way to go Homer, bring some home from the plant, stash it and wait for an earthquake?