The great Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield, Mass., burns on Nov. 5, 2008. Some firefighters were injured battling the blaze. The last of three Massachusetts men charged in the burning of a predominantly black church to protest President Barack Obama's election was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in federal prison on Wednesday.
The Prosecutors said Gleason and two friends burned down the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield on Nov. 5, 2008, hours after Obama was elected as the nation's first black president. The church was under construction at the time and no one was inside. However, some firefighters were injured battling the blaze. Michael Jacques was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison. Benjamin Haskell received a nine-year sentence. All three men are white.
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