U.S. judge re-sentences Jose Padilla to 21 years on terrorism charges [View all]

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Source: Reuters

MIAMI (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge in Miami re-sentenced Jose Padilla on Tuesday to 21 years for a 2007 terrorism conviction after an appeals court deemed the original 17-year sentence too lenient.

Federal prosecutors agreed not to seek more than 30 years in prison for Padilla as long as his lawyers did not introduce records related to alleged harsh conditions he endured during the 3-1/2 years spent in a South Carolina military prison.

"There are certain things we know and don't know about how Mr. Padilla was held," U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke said on Tuesday before handing down the stiffer sentence.

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