08-08-2008, 02:59 AM
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| 5 1/2 years for bin Laden's driver
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In a stunning rebuke, a six-member U.S. military jury yesterday ignored a Pentagon prosecutor's plea for a 30-year-plus sentence and ordered Osama bin Laden's driver to 66 months in prison.
With credit for 61 months already served, that means Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni father of two with a fourth-grade education, will be sent back to the general detainee population of Camp Delta by January, and be eligible to return home.
Choked with emotion on hearing the sentence, Hamdan stood and addressed the jury, unscripted, and twice more apologized for any pain his work as a $200-a-month driver had caused.
| 51/2 years for bin Laden's driver | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/08/2008 |