Dr. Chaos Conviction Overturned; Federal Appeals Court Tosses Out 21- Year Prison Sentence

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MILWAUKEE (AP) - A federal appeals court threw out the arson conviction of a man who calls himself "Dr. Chaos," saying Tuesday a federal judge should have let him withdraw his guilty plea before he was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Joseph Konopka pleaded guilty in 2002 to six federal crimes including arson, software piracy, destruction and vandalism in a crime spree that damaged power substations, radio transmitters and utility facilities and caused dozens of power outages in northeastern Wisconsin.

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Dr. Chaos Conviction Overturned; Federal Appeals Court Tosses Out 21- Year Prison Sentence

But Konopka, 28, tried to back out of the plea before his sentencing a year ago, arguing a federal statute that wo...

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