Richard Dale Morrison

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Charged with damaging religious property, Richard Dale Morrison was serving a 63-month sentence from Judge Philip Pro, at Victorville Prison in California, after he pled guilty to setting fire to an all-black Church of Christ in Henderson, Nevada in 1996. He was the first person charged under the Church Arson Prevention Act passed earlier that year.

In March 2003, he was charged with a misdemeanour offence for assaulting John Walker Lindh as he knelt for evening prayers; the assault saw Morrison face a further 6 months in prison. He was defended at the speedy trial by public defender Manuel Araujo. He was released on March 2, 2006.