High court upholds Ressam conviction
May 19th, 2008 - 11:11am
(Washington, DC) - The United States Supreme Court has ruled against a convicted terrorist caught in Port Angeles.
In an 8-1 decision, the court today upheld Ahmed Ressam's
conviction on an explosives charge, one of nine convictions that
resulted in a 22-year prison sentence.
At issue was whether Ressam should be convicted of carrying
explosives during the commission of another serious crime, in
Ressam's case, lying on a U.S. Customs form when he crossed the
border in December 1999.
Ressam was caught with the explosives in the trunk of his rental car when he came off the MV Coho ferry. He led customs agents on a foot chase through downtown Port Angeles before he was apprehended.
Ressam was convicted of conspiring to detonate explosives at Los Angeles International Airport during the millenium holiday travel rush.
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