John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security and
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke
re-sentenced Jose Padilla to serve 21 years in prison for his 2007
conviction for conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals in a
foreign country; conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists;
and providing material support to terrorists.
The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals had remanded the case after
upholding the convictions but vacating the original sentence of 17
and-a-half years as too lenient.
Padilla faced a sentence under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines of 360 months to life in prison.
U.S. Attorney Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations section.
The re-sentencing of this case was handled by Assistant U.S.
Attorneys Brian Frazier and Ricardo Del Toro of the Southern District of
Florida and Department of Justice National Security Division Trial
Attorney Bridget Behling.”
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