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 Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:23 pm American Taliban Asks Bush for Leniency |
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American Taliban Asks Bush for Leniency
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO � John Walker Lindh (search) asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban (search).
His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said Lindh was a young man in the wrong place at the wrong time. He said that Lindh was fighting alongside the Taliban in a civil war against the Northern Alliance (search), that he is not a terrorist and that he never fought against U.S. troops.
Brosnahan said the sentence should be reduced because Yaser Esam Hamdi (search), another American citizen captured in Afghanistan on suspicion of aiding the Taliban, is being released after being held for three years as an enemy combatant.
Hamdi will not be charged with any crime under an agreement with federal officials made public Monday. Hamdi will be required to give up his American citizenship and will be sent to Saudi Arabia, where he grew up.
"Comparable conduct should be treated in comparable ways in terms of sentencing," Brosnahan said at a news conference.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Lindh's request does not specify how much of a reduction he is seeking.
Lindh, a California native, pleaded guilty in civilian court to supplying services to the now-defunct Taliban government and carrying explosives for them. He and Hamdi were both captured in late 2001.
Brosnahan said he negotiated the 20-year sentence during a time when a "highest state of fear" was affecting U.S. juries and he thought it was the best deal he could get at the time. He could have gotten life in prison if convicted.
Frank Zimring, a University of California, Berkeley, legal scholar and an expert on clemency, said it is unlikely the president will reduce Lindh's term, especially during a presidential election focused on the War on Terror.
"The morning line on the commutation of a sentence of this kind in a middle of a presidential election is one of those situations where London bookies would offer you millions of pounds for just a shilling or two," he said.
Lindh's mother, Marilyn Walker (search), said her son "has never had any sympathy or involvement in terrorist activity."
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Puck
The Texan
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| Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:25 pm |
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| Quote: | | Lindh's mother, Marilyn Walker (search), said her son "has never had any sympathy or involvement in terrorist activity." |
Well except for the fact that he was helping a terrorist government  ...I am sure she is right. Tssss.
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Republican_Man
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| Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:38 pm |
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^Yeah, but this is wrong. No way.
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Dirt
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| Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:13 pm |
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Pfft, Taliban wasn't a terrorist government, just fundie Islamic and supportive of terrorism. 
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