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Subway bomb plotter gets life in prison

Originally published: November 16, 2012 4:08 PM
Updated: November 16, 2012 8:41 PM
By JOHN RILEY  john.riley@newsday.com

Adis Medunjanin was sentenced to life in prison.

Photo credit: AP | Adis Medunjanin was sentenced to life in prison. (Nov. 16, 2012)

Convicted New York City subway bomb plotter Adis Medunjanin was sentenced to life in prison plus 95 years in Brooklyn federal court Friday after chanting Quranic verses and condemning social injustices and U.S. policies toward Muslims.

Medunjanin, 28, a college graduate who grew up in Queens, finished his remarks to U.S. District Judge John Gleeson by insisting that a jury this year wrongly...

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