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Judge releases failed NYC subway bombing ringleader

By John Gage
Published May 2, 2019 11:13pm ET
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Judge releases failed NYC subway bombing ringleader
In this courtroom drawing, Najibullah Zazi, left appears at federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, May 2, 2019, where he was sentenced to ten years in prison for plotting to bomb the New York subway system in 2009. The admitted al-Qaida recruit faced the possibility of life in prison but federal prosecutors say that Zazi provided "extraordinary" assistance to U.S. counterterrorism authorities. The 10-year prison term means Zazi could be released from prison soon. | (Aggie Kenny via AP)

District Court Judge Raymond Dearie ruled Thursday that former al Qaeda trained would-be terrorist Najibullah Zazi had “earned” his release.

“This once unthinkable second chance has come your way and you earned it,” Dearie said.

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