Twitter Troll Slapped With Prison Sentence Over Misleading Election Memes

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Douglass Mackey, who ran a Twitter account with over 58,000 followers, was sentenced to seven months in prison Wednesday for a meme he shared on social media during the 2016 election.

Mackey was convicted by a jury in March of conspiring to deprive others of their right to vote, which carried a potential sentence of up to 10 years.  The meme that led to his conviction was a fake flier encouraging Clinton supporters to vote from home via text message.

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