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Tina Peters, ex-Colorado clerk, tells judge prison won't work out because she needs a magnetic mattress (video)

Carla Sinclair
Oct 03, 2024
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Image: dvoevnore / shutterstock.com

Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, sentenced to nine years in prison today, thought she had a solid get-out-of-jail card when she explained in court that she was a child of God, and then warned the judge that "God doesn't like people messing with his kids."

And when that threat didn't do the trick, Peters — the Trump…

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