Woman, 33, Draws 27-Month Sentence in Threat on Bush

DENVER — A woman who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill President Bush while he campaigned in Colorado in September was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison and ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.

U.S. District Judge Sherman Finesilver ruled that Deborah Butler, a 33-year-old legal secretary, was suffering from reduced mental capacity Sept. 15 when she took a loaded pistol to an election rally where the President was speaking in a Denver suburb.

He also directed Butler to pay a $2,000 fine.