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	Hostage-taker at Clinton Office Sentenced to 3 Years AHN October 1, 2008 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012495350 Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The man who held hostage staffers at Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) Rochester headquarters last year has pleaded guilty to seven felonies including kidnapping and has been sentenced to three years in prison. Leeland Eisenberg, 47, took three Clinton campaign staff members, a volunteer and a child hostage on Friday using what police said were road flares strapped to his chest. He had demanded to speak to Clinton about getting psychiatric help after seeing one of Clinton's campaign ads on health care. The standoff ended five hours later with Eisenberg's peaceful surrender. No hostages were hurt. Clinton was in Virginia for a National Democratic Committee meeting during the ordeal. She flew to New Hampshire the same day and met with her staffers and police. As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Eisenberg pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to three years in prison and five years of probation. The court showed leniency and considered Eisenberg's history of mental health in issuing the sentence. On the day of the hostage-taking, Eisenberg was supposed to be in court on a domestic violent complaint filed by his wife, who had filed for divorce. He is also one of more than 500 sexual abuse victims who received settlement from the Boston Archdiocese in 2003. He had sued former Archbishop Bernard Law in 2002 for allegations that he had been molested by a priest when he was 21. He has spent 306 days in prison since being arrested last year, and that time, which Foster's Daily Democrat says he used to earn a General Education Diploma and a $150 prize for an essay on adult education, will be credited to his sentence.
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