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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He got out 19 days early. Why he was scheduled to be released Oct. 28 might be a fair question, but I can’t be outraged he got out a couple of weeks early. And since he’s now back in the U.K. the NHS can pay for his Wuhan treatments.
I had an associate who was a guest at the extended-stay hotel for multiple DUI; he lost 50 pounds. According to him, it was NOT “all you care to eat”, and you wouldn’t care to eat it anyway. Guess it was because he was WASPy.
Putting him on a diet was not an option?
When I saw the title I expected him to weigh 400 pounds
230...what a joke..unless this is a metric issue
I’m a thinking of paying a visit to this lovely state and knock off a few banks being as how they free us overweight people. What have I got to lose?
Eating your way out of jail. Only in America.
Confused here. Article is dated 11 December. The piece says he was to be released 28 October, but his lawyers asked that he be released earlier.
Maybe it should have said 28 December....
Confused here. Article is dated 11 December. The piece says he was to be released 28 October, but his lawyers asked that he be released earlier.
Maybe it should have said 28 December....
YES!
Did they fly him there? Plane leaning strongly to one side.
I’m going with that also...
Why not? As Janet Napolitano said to Obama;
“The system worked!”
At first glance, I thought the headline said “Ex Biden Henchman... “
Kill innocent babies after born, let fat Islamic terrorists free.
Hopefully he moves to CA...where the lockdown is like being in prison anyways.
He’ll probably catch and die of Covid when he dines outdoors at an Islamic restaurant
I can see it now! All inmates pigging out and becoming obese seeking release!
Oh wait...he’s now the UK’s problem.
He should haver been executed, legally of course
Prisoners all over the U. S. will be gorging themselves starting at the next meal.
Quick, give him enough bonbons to finish him off.
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