A New Yorker tweeted $ 500 for the murder of an immigration and customs officer is acquitted, NBC News reported.
Brandon Ziobrowski, 35, was held accountable for a tweet that offered the amount to anyone who killed an officer for $ 500.
Thus, he escaped five years in prison and a fine of $ 250,000.
Ziobrowski had previously tweeted his desire to "slit" the late Sen. John McCain's throat.
Nevertheless, the author of the ill-fated tweet escaped responsibility.