Bin Laden Driver to Seek Leniency: ; Military Officers Deliver Split Verdict in the First U.S. War Crimes Trial Since World War Ii

Charleston Daily Mail › August 07, 2008

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden's former driver is expected to ask the Pentagon jury that convicted him of a war crime to spare him from life in prison today, his defense lawyers said.

Salim Hamdan wiped tears from his face on Wednesday as the panel of six military officers delivered a split verdict at the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War II, declaring him guilty of aiding terrorism but acquitting him of conspiracy.

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Bin Laden Driver to Seek Leniency: ; Military Officers Deliver Split Verdict in the First U.S. War Crimes Trial Since World War Ii

The tribunals' chief prosecutor, Army Col. Lawrence Morris, said the failur...

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