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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Mar. 14, 2012

9th Circuit calls for tougher sentencing for Millennium Bomber

Twenty-two years behind bars isn't nearly enough for the man behind the foiled plot to detonate high explosives at Los Angeles International Airport on Dec. 31, 1999, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel ruled Monday.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Twenty-two years behind bars isn't nearly enough for the man behind the foiled plot to detonate high explosives at Los Angeles International Airport on Dec. 31, 1999, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel ruled Monday.


The panel voted 7-4 to vacate for the second time the sentence issued to the so-called Millennium Bomber, Ahmed Ressam, by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour of Seatt...

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