Accused Harvard student’s attorney says he was under pressure

Accused Harvard student’s attorney says he was under pressure

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12/18/2013 // West Palm Beach, Florida, US // JusticeNewsFlash // Justice News Flash // (press release)

Boston – A lawyer for the Harvard student accused of making a bomb threat before finals says his client was under pressure at the time. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Eldo Kim, 20, was freed on bail Wednesday after being accused of sending hoax emails saying there were bombs in two buildings on the Harvard campus.

Federal public defender Ian Gold is quoted by the AP as stating, “It’s finals time at Harvard… In one way, we’re looking at the post-9/11 equivalent of pulling a fire alarm. Certainly I’m not saying the government response was unjustified, but it’s important to keep in mind we’re dealing with a 20-year-old man who was under a great deal of pressure.”

Alexander Ryjik, a junior from Alexandria, Va. who had to leave the building where he was set to take his Politics of American Education final exam expressed that hearing that a student was responsible for the hoax was not a surprise to him.

Ryjik is quoted as stating, “Harvard is just like every other school, where students are just as stressed and caught up with their work… At Harvard especially, people are scared to fail or do poorly, even a B. It just kind of reflects just how high-stress it is here. If it is true that a student sent a bomb threat to prevent himself from taking a final, I think it’s sad that somebody would have to go to that length.”

According to prosecutors a bomb hoax carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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