A Cornell student who posted antisemitic murder threats on the university’s Web site — then claimed he only did it to “garner sympathy” for Jewish people — was sentenced to 21 months behind bars Monday.
Patrick Dai, 22, was handed down the judgement by Syracuse federal Chief Judge Brenda Sannes after he copped a plea in April while maintaining he threatened to kill Jews on campus in a misguided bid to highlight the atrocities of Hamas.
Dai’s lawyer, Lisa Peebles, later told The Post by email that she plans to appeal the sentence since she disagrees with how federal sentencing guidelines were interpreted for her client, including involving two increases to his imprisonment range.
She also noted that Dai had already been in jail for nearly 10 months since his November arrest.
“He has more than nine months in the county jail,” Peebles said. “I was hoping for time served.”