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		gst on Aug 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swedish man caught trying to split atoms at home He lives in Sweden - not the US. So even if he is sentenced to jail it's very likely that most or all of the sentence is suspended on probation.

modokode on Aug 4, 2011 [–]

He has accepted an order of summary punishment, so at most it'll be a fine. It might not even be that, depending on how serious the prosecution will see it.

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