NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court in Manhattan has ordered a new sentencing for a former top aide to Osama bin Laden, who was convicted of stabbing a guard in the face with a sharpened comb.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (MAHM'-doo MAHK'-mood Suh-LEEM') can face more time in prison than the 32-year sentence he has already received.
The court said a judge made an error when she found that his sentence could not be higher.
Salim stabbed a prison guard in 2000. The attack left Louis Pepe brain damaged and barely able to see.
Salim still faces trial and a possible life sentence on conspiracy charges in another terrorism case. That case includes the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The attacks killed 224 people, including 12 Americans. |