Court Quashes Death Verdict, Upholds Another Over Cole Bomb

[NVMojo]

SANAA, 27 February 2005 — A Yemeni appeals court yesterday overturned the death sentence against one of the suspects convicted for the October 2000 bombing attack on the US Navy destroyer Cole, but upheld the death verdict against another.

The court, presided over by Judge Said Al-Qataa, commuted the death sentence pronounced by a lower court on Sept. 29 against Jamal Muhammad Al-Badawi, 30, to 15 years in jail. The three judges confirmed the death sentence against Abdul Raheem Al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the attack who was tried in absentia.

Defendants and their families broke into cries of “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) after the ruling.

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