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Kent Hovind, the young earth creationist activist who was considered an embarrassment by the larger YEC groups[1] was slated to be released on August 10th of this year after serving a little over 8½ years of his 10 year sentence (those convicted in federal court often don't get released early) for 58 counts of tax evasion and "corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal revenue laws" (all charges).
It doesn't look like it will happen though.
In 2014 Hovind and one Paul Hansen (a Nebraska man known for his vigorous opposition of government tax and property laws) were indicted by a a federal grand jury and charged with mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and criminal contempt for interfering with the sale of Pensacola properties Hovind was forced to forfeit as a result of his earlier conviction. Earlier this month the jury convicted Hovind and Hansen of the contempt charge but were deadlocked on the other charges.
In that respect Hovind is very lucky since mail fraud can be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and as much as $500,000 in fines.
Anyway, as a result I think it will be highly unlikely that Hovind will be released on his scheduled release date. At the very least he'll likely serve his full 10 years and very possibly get a couple years tacked on.
Since Hovind has not been exactly regarded as a model prisoner, repeatedly violating prison rules and getting in trouble with the prison's chaplain (in 2011 he was transferred to the Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) -- the federal supermax prison for male inmates located in Fremont County, Colorado and designed for prisoners that need "supervision"), he might be facing a stiff sentence as a result.
We'll know on June 12, 2015 when the judge passes sentence.
Here is a supporter of Hovind who has done a series of videos in support of the one he calls "Dr." Hovind[2] complaining that he wasn't tried by his peers (fellow YECs). Hat tip to Promethean at CARM for the video.
I wonder if he thinks that the Ft. Hood shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, should only be judged by fellow Islamic jihadists? The same goes for the Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is currently standing trial.
In any case this guy even denies that Hovind was guilty of tax evasion, something that even the local Hovind apologist (Jorge) does not deny.
1. AnswersinGenesis (AiG), Creation Ministries International (CMI), and CreationWiki all have webpages called "Arguments we think creationists should NOT use" or something similar that in large part encourage their followers to not use a number of the more silly claims promoted by Hovind. This is a link to the page at CMI. AiG recently revamped their section dropping several of them apparently because they feel they are rarely used any more (they are obviously not familiar with internet debate/discussion forums).
2. An illustrious graduate from that esteemed institute of higher learning, Patriot University (a notorious diploma mill)
It doesn't look like it will happen though.
In 2014 Hovind and one Paul Hansen (a Nebraska man known for his vigorous opposition of government tax and property laws) were indicted by a a federal grand jury and charged with mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and criminal contempt for interfering with the sale of Pensacola properties Hovind was forced to forfeit as a result of his earlier conviction. Earlier this month the jury convicted Hovind and Hansen of the contempt charge but were deadlocked on the other charges.
In that respect Hovind is very lucky since mail fraud can be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and as much as $500,000 in fines.
Anyway, as a result I think it will be highly unlikely that Hovind will be released on his scheduled release date. At the very least he'll likely serve his full 10 years and very possibly get a couple years tacked on.
Since Hovind has not been exactly regarded as a model prisoner, repeatedly violating prison rules and getting in trouble with the prison's chaplain (in 2011 he was transferred to the Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) -- the federal supermax prison for male inmates located in Fremont County, Colorado and designed for prisoners that need "supervision"), he might be facing a stiff sentence as a result.
We'll know on June 12, 2015 when the judge passes sentence.
Here is a supporter of Hovind who has done a series of videos in support of the one he calls "Dr." Hovind[2] complaining that he wasn't tried by his peers (fellow YECs). Hat tip to Promethean at CARM for the video.
I wonder if he thinks that the Ft. Hood shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, should only be judged by fellow Islamic jihadists? The same goes for the Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is currently standing trial.
In any case this guy even denies that Hovind was guilty of tax evasion, something that even the local Hovind apologist (Jorge) does not deny.
1. AnswersinGenesis (AiG), Creation Ministries International (CMI), and CreationWiki all have webpages called "Arguments we think creationists should NOT use" or something similar that in large part encourage their followers to not use a number of the more silly claims promoted by Hovind. This is a link to the page at CMI. AiG recently revamped their section dropping several of them apparently because they feel they are rarely used any more (they are obviously not familiar with internet debate/discussion forums).
2. An illustrious graduate from that esteemed institute of higher learning, Patriot University (a notorious diploma mill)
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