The life sentence given Osama bin Laden’s propaganda chief must be reevaluated again by a military commission that previously reaffirmed it on remand, the D.C. Circuit said Tuesday.
The Court of Military Commission Review applied the wrong standard when it upheld Ali Hamza Almad Suliman Al Bahlul’s life sentence, the opinion by Judge Neomi Rao said.
Al Bahlul received the life sentence after being convicted for conspiracy to commit war crimes, providing material support for terrorism, and soliciting others to commit war crimes.
The first time the case was appealed, the D.C. Circuit only upheld the conspiracy count, and remanded ...
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