Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch reports that an Arizona state court sentenced Chris Simcox to a 19-1/2-year prison sentence for a conviction for two counts of child molestation and one of furnishing pornography to a minor.

At one time, the now-55-year-old former schoolteacher was a national figure, appearing on news programs promoting the Minuteman Project, which he cofounded with Jim Gilchrist. Simcox's endorsement once was sought by politicians, and he himself made a brief run for the U.S. Senate against Senator John McCain in 2010.

Simcox has been jailed since his arrest on 2013 for having molested a young neighbor girl, who was 5 years old at the time.

Listen to the radio interview by Maria Hinojosa with Chris Simcox

KJ

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2016/07/anti-immigrant-activist-sentenced-to-hard-time.html