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Ex-Bin Laden henchman freed from NJ prison after judge deems him too fat for jail

2020-12-11

[New York Post] A former Osama bin Laden henchman convicted in two deadly 1998 bombings is free and living in the UK this week after being released early — thanks to a Manhattan federal judge who agreed the terrorist was way too obese to survive the coronavirus behind bars.
Best of luck on your return to the UK from Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
Adel Abdel Bary, 60, had spent 21 years in a New Jersey prison for his role in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two US embassies in Africa that killed 224 people dead, including 12 Americans.

"Defendant’s obesity and somewhat advanced age make COVID-19 significantly more risky to him than to the average person," U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote in granting the release.

Bary had been set to be freed on Oct. 28, but his attorneys asked that he be let out sooner, citing their client’s age, girth and asthma.

"Mr. Bary’s continued incarceration now significantly increases his risk of infection, which could wreak disastrous health outcomes," his lawyer wrote in court documents.

Posted by:Besoeker

#12 Coulda sent him back in three separate shipments.

Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2020-12-11 21:25

#11 Clinton appointed judge.

Posted by: Woodrow 2020-12-11 19:04

#10 Staple his stomach and keep him locked up.

Posted by: Airandee 2020-12-11 18:29

#9 ...which could wreak disastrous health outcomes

And the health outcomes of his victims? How are they doing? Anyone exhume and check on their condition?

Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-12-11 12:42

#8 British cuisine should assist his weight loss efforts.

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-11 12:08

#7 Something troubling here, since he was too far and in custody and in danger of infection, maybe be the Bureau of Prisons should get a crash course on human nutrition. Something about losing weight when you are fed less? Seriously, how f’ing stupid can we get to accept this garbage gibberish from people on the taxpayer payroll.

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-12-11 12:03

#6 He only got a few extra weeks of freedom:

The 230-pound terrorist was freed from prison Oct. 9 and from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Wednesday, when he was handed over to UK officials.

Bary — whose son, British rapper Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, is an Islamist militant — was reunited with his wife, Ragaa, who lives in a $1 million-plus apartment in London, Britain’s Sun newspaper reported.

His return to the UK couldn’t be blocked because he was granted asylum there in 1997 — before being arrested in 1999 and extradited to the US to stand trial in 2012.

He had been sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2015 but received credit for the years he spent behind bars in Britain while fighting extradition.

Officials couldn’t send him back to his native Egypt after his release because he could be at risk of death or torture, the Sun reported.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-12-11 10:52

#5 which could wreak disastrous health outcomes

Because God forbid a killer of thousands of our people... you know... suffer.

Posted by: Dron66046 2020-12-11 09:59

#4 If he is a Federal Judge shouldn't he get a posting up by the Arctic Circle ?

Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624 2020-12-11 09:34

#3 They hate you, Clem. They don't hate terrorists but they do hate you and me.

We're the anti-Sally Field for them: "They ~~like~~ hate me. They really, really ~~like~~ hate me!"

Posted by: Butch Glarong4363 2020-12-11 07:28

#2 Amazing the "compassion" shown to slimy, deadly criminals, but, oh, boy, try playing in a park with your daughter or going to church.

Posted by: Clem 2020-12-11 07:23

#1 Adel Abdel Bary, 60, had spent 21 years in a New Jersey prison

Did he work in the kitchen ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-11 07:13

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