Source:
Globe and MailA federal appeals court says a 22-year prison sentence is
too lenient for an al-Qaeda-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.
A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the sentence Tuesday. It also removed the Seattle trial judge from the case and assigned the re-sentencing of Ahmed Ressam to another judge.
Border agents in Washington state arrested Mr. Ressam in December 1999 after he entered the United States from Canada on a ferry with a car packed with explosives.
A judge cited Mr. Ressam’s co-operation with investigators in meting out the original sentence. But since Mr. Ressam recanted his co-operation after two years, the appeals court says he deserves a longer sentence.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-court-tosses-sentence-for-millennium-bomb-plotter/article1453537/
But, but,
I thought civilian courts were only interested in
protecting terrorists!