U.S. 'shoe bomber' asks judge to drop fine, pleads poverty

BOSTON (Reuters) - Richard Reid, the man who admitted to trying to blow up a jumbo jet in late 2001 with explosives in his shoes, has asked a federal judge to waive the $250,000 fine he faces, saying that he will never be able to pay it while serving life in prison.

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