Tag: Sears Tower
By Jeralyn, Section Terror Trials
Posted on Wed Nov 02, 2011 at 08:40:00 AM EST
Tags: Liberty City, Sears Tower (all tags)
Posted on Wed Nov 02, 2011 at 08:40:00 AM EST
Tags: Liberty City, Sears Tower (all tags)
Remember the terror wannabes aka bumbling holy warriors from Florida caught in an FBI terror sting and charged with planning to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago? The only al-Qaeda member they met with was an undercover informant posing as one. They couldn't even afford boots. It took prosecutors three tries to get a conviction. (More here, all our coverage is here.)
The 11th Circuit upheld their convictions yesterday.
Prosecutor Jacqueline Arango said during sentencing hearings that the U.S. "shouldn't have to wait for people to be harmed to punish these people for their desire to inflict harm."
Punish people for their desires? Wow. I guess punishment for thoughts is coming next. The opinion is here.
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