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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Jury really screwed everybody’: Gold Star father wants Congress to change sentencing caps after Abbey Gate terrorist sentenced to 20 years max
A Gold Star father from Missouri is calling on Congress to change federal sentencing guidelines for terrorists after an ISIS-K member who helped coordinate the deadly Abbey Gate bombing received the maximum 20-year federal prison sentence Wednesday. Federal prosecutors say Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah participated in more than a dozen attacks from 2016 until his […]
September 18, 2026
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