Jamaican cleric sentenced to 18 years in NY terrorism case

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Published March 23, 2023 4:56 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A cleric arrested in his native Jamaica and extradited to New York to face state terrorism charges on accusations of recruiting support for the Islamic State group has been sentenced to 18 years in state prison. Abdullah el-Faisal was convicted in January in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on counts including soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism. The state law he was prosecuted under was put in place after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and prosecutors said his case was the first-ever state-level trial on terrorism charges. An attempt to leave a message for his attorney was unsuccessful.

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