Jose Padilla is sentenced to 17 years
Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive ``dirty bomb,'' was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years and four months on terrorism conspiracy charges that don't mention those initial allegations.The sentence imposed by US District Judge Marcia Cooke marks another step in the extraordinary personal and legal odyssey for the 37-year-old Muslim convert, a US citizen who was held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant after his 2002 arrest amid the ``dirty bomb'' allegations.
Osama Bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan Is sentenced to 5 1/2 years, concluding the first US war crimes trial since World War Two The judge gave Hamdan credit for 61 months, so he could be out in five months.