Update: The judge made the right call about the sentence, but whether out of blissful ignorance or sheer delusion, not about the contents of the book that gave rise to the jihadism. From the L.A. Times:
After a federal judge declared that he would never leave prison, Shahzad smiled faintly, held up an index finger and declared, "Allah Akbar."
U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum did not bother to review parole possibilities because she said there were none.Clearly, Faisal Shahzad has a better handle on the Koran than Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum does.
"You appear to be someone who was capable of education," she said later, "and I do hope that you will spend some of the time in prison thinking carefully about whether the Koran wants you to kill lots of people."
As he did throughout the half-hour sentencing, Shahzad, 31, interrupted her to press his religious viewpoint: "The Koran gives us the right to defend, and that's what all I'm doing."
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