Man who pleaded guilty to MLK parade bomb plot in Wash. sentenced to 32 years in prison

SPOKANE, Wash. — A man has been sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to planting a bomb intended to shower poison-laced shrapnel onto Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade marchers in Washington.

Kevin Harpham unsuccessfully tried to withdraw his plea hours before he was sentenced Tuesday. His defense questioned whether the explosive device in question met the legal definition of a bomb.

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Rosalind S. Helderman, Felicia Sonmez, Paul Kane 21 Dec, 2011

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