Canadian citizen gets 40 years in prison in NYC terror plot
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has sentenced a Canadian citizen to 40 years in prison for plotting a Times Square subway attack that never occurred.
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman rejected a prosecutor’s arguments for a life sentence, citing Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy’s mental illness and addiction issues.
The mother of the Kuwaiti-born defendant arrested in 2016 interrupted the announcement of the sentence, shouting “This is not justice!” as she left the courtr
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