Jose Padilla: GUILTY

Published: August 16, 2007, 2:52 pm

Tags: war on terror, law judiciary, breaking news stories, other us courts

Via the AP: MIAMI - Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration’s zeal to stop homegrown terror. Padilla, a U.S. citizen, was once accused of being part of an al-Qaida plot to detonate a radioactive “dirty bomb” in the U.S., but those allegations were not part of his trial. Padilla and his foreign-born co-defendants, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi, were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim people overseas, which carries a penalty of life in prison. All three were also convicted of two terrorism material support counts, which carry potential 15-year sentences each. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke set a Dec. 5 sentencing date for all three defendants. The three were accused of being part of a North American support cell that provided supplies, money and recruits to groups of Islamic extremists.

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