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Christmas Day bomber sentenced to life in prison
By David Ariosto and Deborah Feyerick, CNN
February 16, 2012 -- Updated 2029 GMT (0429 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is sentenced to life in prison
AbdulMutallab argued a life sentence would be unconstitutional
AbdulMutallab smuggled a bomb in his underwear aboard a commercial airliner
The attempted bombing occurred on Christmas Day 2009
DETROIT (CNN) -- The man who smuggled a bomb in his underwear aboard a
commercial airliner on Christmas Day in 2009 has been sentenced to life in
prison, months after he pleaded guilty for his role in what officials later
determined was an al Qaeda plot.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds imposed a life sentence Thursday on Umar
Farouk AbdulMutallab, who entered the courtroom in Detroit wearing an oversized
white T-shirt and a white skull cap. His hands were unshackled once he entered.
He argued a life sentence would be "cruel and unusual punishment," as well as
unconstitutional. The judge rejected the argument.
Prosecutors brought a video showing the detonation of a replica of the device
AbdulMutallab attempted to use. The judge ruled that the video will be shown
during the sentencing hearing.
In the sentencing report, prosecutors called now 25-year-old Nigerian "an
unrepentant would-be mass murderer, who views his crimes as divinely inspired
and blessed."
AbdulMutallab previously pleaded not guilty to the eight charges against him,
which include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy to
commit an act of terrorism.
On December 25, 2009, passengers aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from
Amsterdam heard a loud noise on the plane as it descended toward Detroit.
Witnesses described it as sounding much like a firecracker.
The device failed, but AbdulMutallab became enveloped in a fireball that spread
to the wall and carpeting of the plane.
Four passengers quickly restrained him and helped put out the fire, witnesses
said, and he was escorted up to the first-class section of the plane and taken
into custody by authorities when it landed.
AbdulMutallab later acknowledged in a courtroom statement that he had traveled
to Yemen and was "greatly inspired" to participate in such a plot by U.S.-born
militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen
in September.
U.S. officials later said the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
had helped foment the failed attack.
"I carried with me an explosive device to avenge the killing of innocent
Muslims," AbdulMutallab said in the statement, adding that the failed plot was
in retaliation for "U.S. tyranny and oppression of Muslims."
The flight was carrying 289 people.
The decision to try AbdulMutallab in a civilian court prompted controversy at
the time, particularly among Republican lawmakers pushing for a military
tribunal. He's been held at a Michigan federal prison since 2009.
Prosecutors, however, said the case demonstrated the value of civilian courts.
"We should not limit ourselves to military tribunals," said U.S. District
Attorney Barbara McQuade. The case shows "the world that our system of justice
works."
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