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Pentagon dismisses Guantánamo prison conviction of Sudanese man
Source: Associated Press
Pentagon dismisses Guantánamo prison conviction of Sudanese man
Associated Press in Miami
theguardian.com, Saturday 10 January 2015 15.42 GMT
A former prisoner at the US base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has won a legal victory a year after he was sent back to his homeland, Sudan.
Noor Uthman Muhammed pleaded guilty in February 2011 to providing material support to a terrorist organisation and conspiracy at a special US court for wartime offenses known as a military commission. He was sentenced to 34 months on top of the nine years he had already spent at Guantánamo. He faced up to life in prison.
But the Pentagon said late on Friday that the charges had been dismissed. A brief statement cited rulings by an appeals court that material support is not a legitimate war crime under the law authorising military commissions.
Noor was sent home in December 2013.
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Associated Press in Miami
theguardian.com, Saturday 10 January 2015 15.42 GMT
A former prisoner at the US base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has won a legal victory a year after he was sent back to his homeland, Sudan.
Noor Uthman Muhammed pleaded guilty in February 2011 to providing material support to a terrorist organisation and conspiracy at a special US court for wartime offenses known as a military commission. He was sentenced to 34 months on top of the nine years he had already spent at Guantánamo. He faced up to life in prison.
But the Pentagon said late on Friday that the charges had been dismissed. A brief statement cited rulings by an appeals court that material support is not a legitimate war crime under the law authorising military commissions.
Noor was sent home in December 2013.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/10/pentagon-dismissess-guantanamo-prison-conviction
