Fourth Circuit Affirms Abu Ali's Life Sentence
As you may recall, Abu Ali originally was convicted on charges stemming from involvement with an al Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia (including a plot to assassinate the President) and lost on his appeal of that conviction. The government had cross-appealed his original thirty-year sentence and prevailed, with the court on remand imposing a life sentence. In a per curiam, unpublished opinion released on Tuesday, a Fourth Circuit panel (Traxler, Wilkinson, and Mo
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As you may recall, Abu Ali originally was convicted on charges stemming from involvement with an al Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia (including a plot to assassinate the President) and lost on his appeal of that conviction. The government had cross-appealed his original thirty-year sentence and prevailed, with the court on remand imposing a life sentence. In a per curiam, unpublished opinion released on Tuesday, a Fourth Circuit panel (Traxler, Wilkinson, and Motz) has now affirmed that life sentence.
Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.
