{"id":657,"date":"2008-07-21T06:58:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T10:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=657"},"modified":"2008-08-30T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T14:23:23","slug":"feeling-sorry-for-hovind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=657","title":{"rendered":"Feeling sorry for Hovind?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent Hovind is in jail. A couple of years ago (wow, has it been that long?) he was found guilty on 58 federal counts, including failure to pay $473,818 in employee-related taxes and threatening investigators. His Dinosaur Adventure Land is still open, but the IRS is trying to take it. Do you feel sorry for this man, who tried to claim that his business was akin to the Vatican? Apparently, some people do<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I think he got a raw deal,” Rhoda Harding said. “Even if he did what they said he did, he shouldn’t be in jail. He should be out paying restitution.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kent Hovind is in jail. A couple of years ago (wow, has it been that long?) he was found guilty on 58 federal counts, including failure to pay $473,818 in employee-related taxes and threatening investigators. 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