'Taliban American' asks Bush to commute prison sentence
I say let him rot in his cell for the remaining 13 years. He did help murder CIA worker Johnny Michael Spann- many forget that FACT
Want mercy? OK. How about a bullet in the back of his head?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The man dubbed the "Taliban American" is asking the president to commute the remaining years of his federal prison sentence, according to a statement released by his attorneys Wednesday.
John Walker Lindh, a 27-year-old Californian, has served seven years of a 20-year sentence after being captured in Afghanistan in 2001.
He joined the Taliban to fight in the country's civil war one month before the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, according to the statement.
He originally was indicted on 10 charges, including conspiring to kill American citizens, but the U.S. Justice Department dismissed terrorism-related charges in 2002.
Lindh pleaded guilty to serving in the Taliban army and carrying weapons while fighting the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance. Along with the plea, he signed a gag order that prevented him from doing interviews.
His lawyers say Lindh never fought against American forces and received a harsher sentence because sentencing occurred after the September 11, 2001attacks in New York, Washington and rural Pennsylvania.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/17/...ndh/index.html
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