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February 20, 2014

New York Terror Suspect Pleads Guilty in Case That Feds Turned Down 
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A man charged under New York State terrorism laws in a case that raised
claims of entrapment has accepted a plea deal to serve 16 years in
prison. Jose Pimentel was arrested in 2011 and accused of being an
"al-Qaeda sympathizer" who was trying to build a bomb. But federal
authorities, including the FBI, declined to join the case, saying
Pimentel did not appear predisposed or capable of carrying out an
attack. Defense attorneys say he was entrapped by informants who gave
him food, shelter and marijuana. He pleaded guilty just days before his
trial to avoid a possible life sentence.

 

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