Kent Hovind's attorneys seek acquittal on structuring charge

One man in the county jail with me was from Latvia. He told me his dad, as well as millions of others in the European Union, have a microchip implanted in his right wrist to speed border crossings.
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Oh, wow, Hovind fell for that? Incredible!

Wasn't it G.K. Chesterton who wrote something to the effect that, if you don't believe in God, you'll believe in anything? An amusing aphorism, but obviously wrong.
 
Questioninggeller said:
Clearly Hovind believes he'll be out in May. So I guess the ten year prison sentence wasn't serious? I wonder what was told to these places to get the dates confirmed.

Also worth noting, Trinity Christian Academy is a elementary school.
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Where's the investigative journalism? These places are obviously contactable. Now that we have blogs, you can just pretend to be a reporter. "Hello? Yes, this is Questioninggeller from the JREF forums, and I'm calling to see.... yes... that is my REAL name... now... I'm calling to see if you're still going to have Kent Hovind speaking at your institution now that he has been imprisoned?" I mean, I'd do it, but I have no social skills.
 
strathmeyer said:
Where's the investigative journalism? These places are obviously contactable. Now that we have blogs, you can just pretend to be a reporter. "Hello? Yes, this is Questioninggeller from the JREF forums, and I'm calling to see.... yes... that is my REAL name... now... I'm calling to see if you're still going to have Kent Hovind speaking at your institution now that he has been imprisoned?" I mean, I'd do it, but I have no social skills.
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I contacted evangelical groups and gave them information regarding other cases. The response has never been positive. It has always been "repent now," you're going to "burn in hell," and so on for questioning claims.

If these groups follow and listen to Hovind despite him getting sentenced to 10 years in jail there is no helping them. They don't care about truth since it doesn't mesh with their world views.
 
Questioninggeller said:
...Hovind is delusional as ever. At his website his lecture dates:



http://www.drdino.com/itinerary.php

Clearly Hovind believes he'll be out in May. So I guess the ten year prison sentence wasn't serious? I wonder what was told to these places to get the dates confirmed.

Also worth noting, Trinity Christian Academy is a elementary school.
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Update: Those dates now list Eric Hovind as the presenter.
 
Personally, I'm still of the opinion that Kent will be on Dubbya's parting pardon list as he leaves the Oval Office in 2009 as a last kiss goodnight to the fundies to keep help them in the GOP camp.
 
Mark A. Siefert said:
Personally, I'm still of the opinion that Kent will be on Dubbya's parting pardon list as he leaves the Oval Office in 2009 as a last kiss goodnight to the fundies to keep help them in the GOP camp.
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Hovind's far below the White House's radar. Keep in mind Hovind is also a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, Loch Ness monster believer, and has enemies within the creationist circle.
 
Good point. If it were Michael "Astrology Is A Science" Behe, or Jonathan "Moonie" Wells or another Discovery Institute big shot, would a pardon be more probable?

Still, the Jesus freaks have two years to twist this guy into a folk hero. All I'm saying is that I won't be at all surprised if it happens.
 
SomeGuy said:
Hey I live in the EU, where can I get such a chip?
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You already have one. Don't you have a feeling of missing time? Scars you don't remember getting? No, that wasn't from an alien abduction...
 
His appeal was rejected:

Judge denies appeal from Hovind, wife on tax charges

April 20, 2007

An appeal by Pensacola creationist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo Hovind, seeking acquittal on tax-fraud charges was denied.

U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers upheld the Hovinds' November 2006 conviction on 44 counts of bank-structuring -- the withdrawal of bank funds under the $10,000 threshold that triggers bank reports to the Internal Revenue Service.

During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence that showed the couple routinely withdrew $9,500 and $9,600, from their bank.
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Jo Hovind was convicted of 44 counts of evading bank-reporting requirements. Her sentencing was delayed pending the appeal and should soon be set.
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Source: "Judge Rodgers denies appeal from Hovind, wife on tax charges" Pensacola News Journal April 20, 2007

See the recent thread about the appeal getting rejected.
 
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