Outside the court,McKinnon's mother, Janis Sharp, called the ruling a disgrace and made a plea to U.S.President Barack Obama for leniency.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

They meet with the senator for 15 minutes. "What I assured them was: given their plea and call and demand in a polite way for us to have a clean energy future, that was job one for me."

VOA: standard.2010.06.19