"33" continues to pop up in the news...a little too oftenAbdiwali Abdiqadir Muse previously admitted he's a modern-day pirateThe Somali pirate who attacked a U.S.-flagged ship in 2009 was sentenced in New York to more than 33 years in prison.
Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse previously admitted he's a modern-day pirate. The U.S. government says he also had an old-school sadistic streak.
While terrorizing merchant ships on the Indian Ocean, Muse regularly aimed "his gun at the head of a hostage and pulled the trigger, laughing when the gun did not fire," federal prosecutors wrote in court papers. "Muse derived joy from the suffering of victims."
The prosecutors argued Muse's ruthlessness is one reason he should get nearly 34 years at sentencing Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom. Defense attorneys have countered in their court papers that their client, who's from Somalia, is an impoverished and naive young man whose crimes were born of desperation.
Full story: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Somali-Pirate-to-Be-Sentenced-in-NYC-Case-116304284.html
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