A federal appeals court has ruled that a 28-year prison sentence is too lenient for a Libyan militant convicted of terrorism-related charges in the 2012 Benghazi attack. Ahmed Abu Khatallah was convicted of multiple terrorism-related charges after a 2017 trial, but the jury acquitted him of murder.
Benghazi Attack
The Benghazi attack became a political flashpoint in Washington, with a Republican-led congressional panel’s report blaming Democratic President Barack Obama’s administration, including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for security failures and a slow response to the compound attacks.
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out Khatallah’s sentence and transferred the case back to the district court in Washington, D.C., for resentencing. The D.C. Circuit judges said a 28-year sentence does not reflect the seriousness of Khatallah’s crimes.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
