Posted on 12/11/2020 11:30:10 AM PST by Enlightened1
A former Osama bin Laden henchman convicted in two deadly 1998 bombings is free and living in the UK this week after being released early — thanks to a Manhattan federal judge who agreed the terrorist was way too obese to survive the coronavirus behind bars.
Adel Abdel Bary, 60, had spent 21 years in a New Jersey prison for his role in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two US embassies in Africa that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.
“Defendant’s obesity and somewhat advanced age make COVID-19 significantly more risky to him than to the average person,” US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote in granting the release.
Bary had been set to be freed on Oct. 28, but his attorneys asked that he be let out sooner, citing their client’s age, girth and asthma.
“Mr. Bary’s continued incarceration now significantly increases his risk of infection, which could wreak disastrous health outcomes,” his lawyer wrote in court documents.
While prosecutors didn’t agree that Bary’s age made him more at risk to catch COVID-19, they did concede his body mass index of 36 did.
“The defendant’s obesity is an extraordinary and compelling reason that could justify a reduction of his sentence in light of the current pandemic,” they wrote.
The 230-pound terrorist was freed from prison Oct. 9 and from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Wednesday, when he was handed over to UK officials.
His return to the UK couldn’t be blocked because he was granted asylum there in 1997 — before being arrested in 1999 and extradited to the US to stand trial in 2012.
He had been sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2015 but received credit for the years he spent behind bars in Britain while fighting extradition.
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Put him in a bigger cell!
Our court system is an absolute joke. These judges need to all be disbarred
Honest to God, has almost every judge lost their mind?
How do you get fat on prison food?
Put him in a smaller cell!
This is why I do not support life as a penalty where the
death penalty should have been called for.
These guys get out. He’ll lose weight. who knew?
Besides, if he’s in prison limit his access to food.
Who let this happen?
Cut his food ration in half.
If that doesn't work, cut him in half.
230lbs. Is he 4ft tall?
A pound of flesh for each of his victims might help with the weight reduction.
His weight is 230lbs?....and?
I WISH I could diet back down to 230lb.
That would be a dream come true!
I expected to read his weight was 480lbs or something.
That’s what I was thinking.
I guess a lot of muslims bring him food.
Sad that we treat prisoners better than those in nursing homes.
[[Adel Abdel Bary, 60, had spent 21 years in a New Jersey prison for his role in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two US embassies in Africa that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.]]
A Mass murdering terrorist responsible for murdering 224 people is let go from prison-
Meanwhile, a restaurant owner who ‘defied lockdown orders’ is sent to jail
A “hefty” 230 pounds hardly qualifies as obese unless this guy is only four feet tall!
The 230-pound terrorist was freed from prison …Good grief. And here they make it sound like he was 330 lbs or suchlike. Even at age 60, 230 lbs is a good weight. Abd-el Bary is in great shape to commit more terror attacks, and if he does (well, even if he does not), the judge who helped him get out needs to face treason charges.
Who made the decision Adel Abdel Bary was too fat? Let us see a picture of the man...!
Too fat? Put him on bread and water!
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