Barack Obama Facebook threat gets US student probation

Miami: A Florida man has been sentenced to three years' probation for posting threats against President Barack Obama on Facebook.

US District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled on Wednesday that 21-year-old Joaquin Serrapio had acted wrongly but there was no evidence he intended to carry out the threats. Serrapio
pleaded guilty in May to threatening to kill or harm the US President.

One post threatened to put a bullet in the president's head. Another asked for help with a presidential assassination. The threats were posted in February to coincide
with a speech Mr Obama gave at the University of Miami.

Serrapio wrote a letter of apology to Mr Obama, calling his actions "childishly stupid." The judge ordered Serrapio to post a Facebook message explaining what happened.