An Iraqi national who was living in Kentucky and sentenced to life in prison for terrorism-related charges has had his bid to vacate the sentence denied by a federal judge.
Judge Thomas Russell denied the motion Wednesday from 29-year-old Mohanad Shareef Hammadi.
Through his appeals attorney, Patrick Renn, Hammadi argued he received ineffective assistance from his previous attorney, James Earhart, after he was accused of attempting to provide resources to al-Qaida in 2011. He says Earhart assured him he would get a lesser sentence if he pleaded guilty to all charges, and that he didn’t realize a life sentence was a possibility.
Earhart testified he wouldn’t tell his client anything of the sort. Russell accepted Earhart’s version of events.
Source: AP
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