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PHOENIX, Arizona —\u00a0David Lee Simpson, of Bath, has been sentenced to probation over threatening Tweets sent to Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell of Turner Broadcasting’s HLN network over coverage of the Jodi Arias trial.<\/p>\n

He plead guilty to ‘attempted computer tampering.’<\/p>\n

Simpson was in New York when he sent the tweets in question, but Arizona asserted jurisdiction since the threats were made against people for conduct during their coverage of a case in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Jodi Arias was convicted in her former boyfriend’s death,\u00a0the trial is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

On June 4, 2008, salesman Travis Alexander<\/b> was murdered in his house in Mesa, Arizona<\/a>. He sustained multiple stab wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot to the head. Jodi Arias, Alexander’s ex-girlfriend, was charged with first-degree murder<\/a> for his death.<\/p>\n

At trial, she testified that she killed Alexander in self-defense<\/a>. She was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013.\u00a0<\/span>The murder and trial received widespread media attention.<\/p>\n

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