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- A California man got a year in prison over threats to Merriam-Webster and other businesses.
- Jeremy Hanson made threats related to gender, including some related to the definition of "female".
- Hanson's lawyers said due to mental health issues it's unlikely he would have acted on his threats.
A California man who pleaded guilty to making online threats to shoot up and bomb the offices of dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster was sentenced to a year in prison this week.
Jeremy Hanson, 35, was arrested nearly a year ago over his comments to Merriam-Webster on a charge of interstate communication of threats.