German Supreme Court Overturns the Conviction of Suspected Terrorist Due to

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Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Author: 
Andreas R. J. Schnee-Gronauer
Volume: 
20
Issue: 
6
257
Abstract: 
On March 4, 2004, the German Supreme Court in Karlsruhe (BGH) quashed the conviction of El Motassadeq and remanded the case for retrial. The Hamburg District Court had sentenced the defendant to fifteen years in prison after finding him guilty of conspiring to murder around 3,000 people in the 9/11 plane attacks and membership in a terrorist organization, despite he denied any knowledge of the 9/11 plot...[more]