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U.S. man gets 17 years prison on terror charges
BOSTON, Massachusetts — A US District judge sentenced a Boston man to 17.5 years in federal prison Thursday on charges of plotting to kill Americans by joining militants in Yemen and spreading Al-Qaeda publicity. US District Judge George O’Toole delivered his sentence to Tarek Mehanna, 29, after a two-hour hearing.…
Welcome to the state of North Carolina, Bernie Madoff!
Bernard Madoff, #61727-054, will be heading to the Tar Heel State’s federal prison in Butner. He was given a 150-year prison sentence last month for an elaborate Ponzi scheme that ripped off thousands of victims. Madoff will be joining several other well-known inmates at Butner. They include Omar Abdel-Rahman, the…
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