Monday, February 14, 2011

Yo Ho Ho

You know you've been a bad boy when your lawyer agrees to a low-end sentence of 27 years. Abduwali Muse, the sole survivor of a four-person Somali pirate gang that hijacked the Maersk Alabama in April 2009, will be sentenced Wed. in the SDNY. Muse and his cronies kidnapped 53 people in a five-week stretch before a daring Navy Seal raid freed the hostages. The plea deal avoided a conviction for federal piracy which carries a mandatory life sentence. Muse was somewhere between 16 and 18 years of age at the time of the spree. Prosecutors are arguing for the high-end range which is just shy of 34 years. The NYT has coverage here.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought you were a defense lawyer now? What's with all the pro-prosecution blogs?

Rumpole said...

Listen newbee,you're gonna ruin this great gig for all us bloggers. Stop the showing off and posting 2 and 3 times a day. You're making the rest of us look bad, and that has consequences....

Jeff Marcus said...

I just want in on your football wagers.