Scumbag Jose Padilla Sentenced: 17 yrs
Ok, I made up the beheading part…
17 years and 4 months to be exact.
Did you know he was recruited by AQ in a Mosque here in America?
MIAMI— The accusations that he plotted to set off a radioactive “dirty bomb” are long gone, but Jose Padilla was still convicted last summer of conspiring to support Islamic extremists around the world.
Now a federal judge who sat through a three-month trial and seven-day sentencing hearing was set to decide Tuesday the fate of the 37-year-old U.S. citizen and two co-defendants.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, appointed by President Bush, has wide discretion in determining how much time the three men will spend behind bars.
Prosecutors call Padilla a dangerous al-Qaida operative who deserves life in prison. His lawyers say there is no evidence he ever committed a terrorist act, and that he shouldn’t get the maximum sentence in part because he was treated harshly while held as an enemy combatant for 3 1/2 years following his 2002 arrest.
He was initially accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a radioactive “dirty bomb” in a major U.S. city, but those charges were dropped.
Padilla was added in 2005 to an existing Miami terrorism support case just as the U.S. Supreme Court was considering his challenge to President Bush’s decision to hold him in military custody indefinitely without charge.
Padilla and the other two defendants were convicted in August of terrorism conspiracy and material support charges. Jurors found that they took part in a North American support cell for al-Qaida and other Islamic extremist groups around the world.
The other two defendants are 45-year-old Adham Amin Hassoun, a computer programmer of Palestinian descent who allegedly recruited Padilla, and 46-year-old Kifah Wael Jayyousi, an engineer and schools administrator originally from Jordan who provided finances and propaganda for Islamic extremists in Chechnya, Afghanistan, Somalia and elsewhere, according to trial testimony.
Some have speculated that Padilla may be the infamous John Doe #2 from the Oklahoma City bombing.
Padilla sought a sentence of no more than 10 years. Hassoun asked for 15 years or less and Jayyousi for no more than five years.
The men were convicted after a lengthy trial based on tens of thousands of FBI telephone intercepts collected over an eight-year investigation and a form Padilla filled out in 2000 to attend an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan.
Padilla, a former Chicago gang member with a long criminal record, converted to Islam in prison and was recruited by Hassoun while attending a mosque in suburban Sunrise.
(AP)
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WHERE was Padilla at the time of the Oklahoma City bombing? Anyone know?
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 amHopefully he gets a big white aryan nation member for a bunkmate-he’ll be a good girlfriend.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 amI hope the POS rots there. Now can we round up the rest of them here and do the same thing?
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 am17 years, 4 mos… likely to cost millions over that time. A .44 slug costs .18 cents. Why are we so generous with taxpayers money?
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 amI’m with Barbara—where was this guy during the Oklahoma bombing? The pictures & drawings sure do seem to fit one another.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 amBash
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 pmPlease refrain from using the term “Scumbag” while describing assholes as it is a term of endearment from 1st LAR H&S Co. LAV Plt. 91-95
As you’ve already been told, YOU are an Honorary Scumbag!
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm