Convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla’s attorneys asked an appeals court on Tuesday to throw out his conviction, arguing that he was the victim of “outrageous governmental conduct.”
Padilla gained notoriety when he was accused in 2002 of plotting to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb,” though those claims were eventually dropped. He was later convicted along with two others in an unrelated terrorism plot.
Padilla's lawyer told the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that his client should have been granted an evidentiary hearing before the 2007 trial that would have proved he was being mistreated by the government.
Lawyers for Padilla and his co-conspirators also argued that a federal judge made a series of errors that helped lead the jury toward a guilty conviction.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, contended that Padilla's prison sentence of more than 17 years was too lenient.
via Terror conspirator Padilla asks Ga. federal panel to toss out conviction – latimes.com.
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I am punished every time I fly because of this man’s actions: I have to walk barefoot in the airport. I don’t walk barefoot in the gym because of health concerns, but I am trapsing barefoot across who knows what because this idiot decides to try to carry a bomb in his shoe. Now he thinks after causing such a mess he should walk away from all this with his shoes on and a smile on his face?! 🙁 He should be forced to hand wash dirty sweat socks for the rest of his life.
His attorneys should have gotten 17 years for defending him.
He got what he should have, if your about hurting people, you don’t need to be here!!!