Florida man sentenced to 3 years in prison for firebombing California Planned Parenthood clinic - Lemmy.World

A 21-year-old Florida man was sentenced Monday to three and a half years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, federal prosecutors said.  Xavier Batten [https://apnews.com/article/california-firebombing-planned-parenthood-clinic-arrest-27545daff5fcab3d76b8e9c2089fbbd8] pleaded guilty in January to one felony count of possessing an unregistered destructive device and one misdemeanor count of intentionally damaging a reproductive health services facility.  U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney also sentenced Batten, of Brooksville, Florida, to three years of probation and ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement.  Carney said Batten had committed a “cowardly crime” that showed “no empathy for women and their rights,” according to the statement. He has been in federal custody since July 2023.