Nigerian Farouk Abdulmutallab’s Life Sentence Upheld By U.S. Court-

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who tried to set off an explosive hidden in his underwear while aboard a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day in 2009, on Monday had his life sentence upheld by a federal appeals court.
f despite doubt about his competency and by admitting incriminating statements he made without having first been read his rights.
It also rejected Abdulmutallab's argument that the life sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.
Travis Rossman, a lawyer for the defendant, had no immediate comment, his office said.
The case is U.S. v. Abdulmutallab, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 12-1207.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by Abdulmutallab, known as the underwear bomber, that the trial judge erred by letting him represent himself despite doubt about his competency and by admitting incriminating statements he made without having first been read his rights.
 It also rejected Abdulmutallab's argument that the life sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.
 
 Travis Rossman, a lawyer for the defendant, had no immediate comment, his office said.
 The case is U.S. v. Abdulmutallab, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 12-1207.

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3 Comments

  1. See how fine young man like this wasted his life all because of religious fanatism. Anyway, it serves him right. What a pity!

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  2. na me talk am14/1/14 7:11 am

    Wetin no pity 4d islamist idiotic fool,perhaps if he had succeeded,many souls would had gone just d@way,wasted human lives,perhaps his 12virgins woud had been waiting 4him in hell fire,where satan will welcome him with a fork.
    They should had sent him to the gallows,then give him instalmental death

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  3. Serves him right, thank God US is not Naija that will pervert justice. See how a young man who was given the best education ended, no pity for you, rot in prison.

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