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Originally Posted by BryanK

He's out now, but remains supervised. Apparently he was jailed due to probation violations as opposed to the movie itself. The highlighted text in the following article snip explains it a bit.

Daily Caller link
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http://professionalsoldiers.com/foru...6&postcount=29

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula deserves a place in American history. He is the first person in this country jailed for violating Islamic anti-blasphemy laws.

You won’t find that anywhere in the charges against him, of course. As a practical matter, though, everyone knows that Nakoula wouldn’t be in jail today if he hadn’t produced a video crudely lampooning the prophet Muhammad.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...#ixzz2TkcVR4nR

A violation of probation, though, usually produces a court summons and doesn’t typically lead to more jail time unless it involves an offense that would be worth prosecuting in its own right under federal standards. Not for Nakoula.

This wasn’t a case of nailing Al Capone on tax evasion. As Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute points out, Al Capone’s underlying offense was racketeering and gangland killings. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula’s underlying offense wasn’t an underlying offense. He exercised his First Amendment rights.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...#ixzz2TkcdfwrH