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Failed Run

The Eighth Circuit <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Failed-run.pdf">affirmed</a></strong> a 10-year sentence and $55,000 in restitution against Jason Jerrell Smith, who bounced checks to vendors, a landlord and his staffers during a failed run for president under the alias Joshua Gaters.

ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit affirmed a 10-year sentence and $55,000 in restitution against Jason Jerrell Smith, who bounced checks to vendors, a landlord and his staffers during a failed run for president under the alias Joshua Gaters.

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