Man Who
Pled To Aiding
Pakistan
Terror Group
Gets 15 Years
From SDNY
Judge Abrams
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Periscope
video, II
III
NEW YORK CITY,
Aug 11 – The US Attorney for
the Southern District of New
York back in February arrested
and apparently presented in
the US District Court for the
Southern District of New York
a Manhattan man for trying and
conpiring to assist Pakistan
based listed terrorist group Lashkar
e-Tayyiba. They
described "JESUS WILFREDO
ENCARNACION, a/k/a
“Jihadistsoldgier,”
“Jihadinhear,” “Jihadinheart,”
“Lionofthegood,” arrested last
night at John F. Kennedy
International Airport in
Queens, New York.
ENCARNACION was charged by a
criminal Complaint earlier
today with attempting and
conspiring to provide material
support to Lashkar e-Tayyiba
(“LeT”)... ENCARNACION is
expected to be presented later
today before Magistrate Judge
Henry B. Pitman in Manhattan
federal court."
Now on
August 11, 2020, Inner City
Press live tweeted the
sentencing (to 15 years) of
Encarnacion by Judge Ronnie
Abrams:
Encarnacion is
represented by Federal
Defender who urge a sentence
taking into account his
susceptibility to terrorism
material on the Internet.
AUSA: Encarnacion
attempted to participate in
brutality. FD's argument he is
not radical is not supported
by the facts
AUSA: He wanted
to be an executioner of
innocent civilians. He wanted
to conduct an attack in the
US. He called it "everything I
ever wanted." He is not
excused by saying, "I was
susceptible."
Judge
Abrams: Do you think for a
person willing to die, a
sentence of five or ten or
whatever years makes a
difference?
AUSA: Yes. It
will make them think whether
instead of being in some sort
of paradise they will be in
prison.
Encarnation: I am
embarrassed that I have a
terrorism case as an American.
It will never happen again, I
promise. FD: There was more to
his statement. I'm going to
read it. "War is not holy. My
jihad is taking care of my
mother. I love my country.
Have mercy."
Judge
Abrams: He was willing to
die... He was apprehended at
JFK airport on his way to
Pakistan. But there are real
mitigating factors. He's 30,
and described as
compassionate.
Judge Abrams:
He's been the victim of
physical abuse from
care-givers. But mental health
cuts both ways. Incapacitation
is most important here. I
sentence you to 180 months,
supervised release for
life.
While Federal
Defenders opposed life time
supervision, Judge Abrams
maintained it, said Probation
could take it off if
appropriate. The case is
US v. Encarnation, 19-cr-118
(Abrams)
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