World Trade Center Bomber Loses Request to Set Aside Sentence

A defendant convicted for his part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was denied his request for federal relief from his sentence.

In February 1993, a van bomb exploded in the WTC’s north tower, killing six people and causing thousands of injuries. Mohammad Salameh and other co-conspirators were convicted of various felonies for the attack.

Salameh argued in his habeas corpus request that he was denied effective assistance of counsel during his trial and that his predicate conviction for assault on a federal official is no longer considered a crime of violence.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, of the US ...