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Court orders Abu Khatala case reconsideration
A U.S. appeals court has overturned the conviction of Libyan Ahmad Abu Khatala, who was found guilty of terror crimes related to the attack on American compounds in Benghazi in 2012, which resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The court ruled that the 28-year prison sentence issued in 2024 was "unreasonably lenient" and did not reflect the severity of his crimes. It decided to remand the case to the U.S. District Court in Washington for a more appropriate sentence. Abu Khatala was convicted on multiple charges and had been sentenced in 2018 to 22 years in prison before the appellate court overturned it. He participated in the armed assault on the American site, bearing responsibility for both planning and executing the attack.
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