The first former Guantánamo detainee to be tried in a
civilian court was acquitted on Wednesday of all but one of
more than 280 charges of conspiracy and murder in the 1998
terrorist bombings of the United States Embassies in Nairobi,
Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The case has been seen as a test of President Obama's goal of
trying detainees in federal court whenever feasible, and the
result may again fuel debate over whether civilian courts are
appropriate for trying terrorists.
The defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, 36, was convicted of
one count of conspiracy to destroy government buildings and
property.
The attacks, orchestrated by Al Qaeda, killed 224 people,
including 12 Americans, and wounded thousands of others.
Mr. Ghailani faces a sentence of 20 years to life in prison.
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