“Al-Timimi argued that prosecutors overstated his influence with those who traveled to Pakistan, and that he was punished for unpopular speech rather than criminal conduct.” Interesting defense. It may have been true in 2005 that jihad recruitment was “unpopular speech,” but nowadays Leftists would cheer al-Timimi on. The real “unpopular speech” today is opposition to […]
Virginia: jailed “rock star” jihadist may be released early over “vague” crime law
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema has given prosecutors a month to explain “why she shouldn’t overturn three of the 10 counts” on which Islamic scholar Ali Al-Timimi of Fairfax was convicted at his 2005 trial. “The review in the case….comes after the Supreme Court….struck down part of a federal law regulating crimes of violence as […]