Sentence tossed in terrorist case
A federal appeals court tossed out a 15-year sentence given to a former teacher convicted of supporting a Pakistani terrorist organization, ruling that the trial judge incorrectly assumed the man qualified for a prison term that long.
Ali Asad Chandia was one of a dozen U.S. Muslim men convicted as part of what prosecutors called a “Virginia jihad network” that used paint-ball games to train for holy war around the globe.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond unanimously upheld Chandia’s 2006 conviction but sent the case back to U.S. District Court for a new sentencing hearing.
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