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Ned Buntline was sent to prison for one year and fined $250 for leading and inciting the deadly Astor Place riot in NYC. What sort of sentence could be given to him if his trial was today?

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Ned Buntline was sent to prison for one year and fined $250 for leading and inciting the deadly Astor Place riot in NYC. What sort of sentence could be given to him if his trial was today?	1
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