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EX MORRISVILLE PROF CONVICTED OF THREATS May 20, 2008

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A former Morrisville State College professor has been convicted on 11 counts of sending death threats to his former colleagues.

Xiang Li, 43, faces five years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 11.
Li was found guilty of sending nine threatening e-mails and making two phone calls to professors and administrators at the college after Li was fired in May 2006. He had been hired the previous August, but was let go “due to the poor quality of his teaching and inappropriate conduct,” court documents say.

Li’s attorney, Michael Sean Weinstock, suggested today that Li’s former students at Morrisville hated him so much they exacted revenge by hacking into his computer and sending the death threats.

Li had been charged with 12 felony counts. The jury found him not guilty of making a threatening phone call to professor Kim Mills on Christmas Day 2006. LINK

FROM THE BLOG FOLLOWING THE STORY:

Posted by Calvin770D on 05/20/08 at 10:50AM

I understand that Michael Sean Weinstock is only doing his job as a defense attorney, but this is despicable. I am a former student of Xiang Li at Morrisville State College. His teaching methods were impractical. His demeanor was poor. He belittled us. He compared us to his “brighter” Chinese students. He cursed in class and let his temper flare on several occasions. I did feel uncomfortable entering his classroom. I also know Doctor Kim Mills. He is an upstanding citizen, and would have never made up allegations. I believe him with all my heart that Xiang Li made the threatening phone call on Christmas Day 2006.
As for the allegations that students hacked into Xiang Li’s computer to send the threats is ridiculous. If you were to have been in attendance during Mr. Li’s classes, you would understand the type of person he is and how unstable he is.
He should be locked up and given a psychological evaluation with counseling. I don’t think he is insane, but I do believe that he does not know how to control himself. This makes him dangerous to himself and those around him.

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