irginia Muslim gets 30 years for Bush assassination plan

[Ginny]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/29/bush.plot.ap/index.html

Prosecutors had asked for the maximum -- a life sentence -- for Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen who was born to a Jordanian father and raised in Falls Church, Virginia.
"The facts of this case are still astonishing," prosecutor David Laufman said. "Barely a year after September 11 the defendant joined the organization responsible for 3,000 deaths."

 

[Voegelin]

His defense lawyer plays the race card:

"it's almost impossible to receive a fair trial in the United States after September 11, but certainly in the Eastern District of Virginia, where the jury pool is devoid of minorities and people who share a diverse background."

Quote above from, not suprisingly, Democracy Now!