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Fianlly Some Justice: Australia - 5 Muslims sentanced for terrorism

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I am happy to see some good sentancing here...

Read on. http://www.news.com.au/national/five-sydney-men-jailed-over-terrorist-plot/story-e6frfkvr-1225830524526

FAMILY members have criticised the hefty sentences handed out in Sydney's terrorism trial, saying murderers get less.

"That's a very big sentence," said the sister of the youngest of five Muslim men sentenced to maximum terms of between 23 and 28 years.

"Not even murderers get sentenced that much.

"Twenty-three years, that's half of his life,'' she said of the sentence imposed on her 25-year-old brother.

"It's not fair to him, our community or our religion."

Relatives of some of the other men yelled out expletives as they heard the sentences via closed-circuit TV outside the court room at Parramatta in western Sydney.

One woman began sobbing as two men shouted "f***;" and left the building.

The sister, who said she attended every day of the 10-month trial, said she believed her brother was innocent.

"He was not planning any mass murder or terrorist attack," she said.

"He is no extremist; the only extremists are people like ASIO, they go way deep."

She said the jail sentences would only serve to strengthen the faith of the convicted men.

They would not cause a divide between Muslims and non-Muslims in the Australian community, or incite any other Muslims to take extremist action.

She read out a poem dedicated to her brother that said in part: "They handcuffed your spirit, they stole your freedom, they locked you up for a crime you didn't commit, they locked you up because you fit the script."

She said her brother would have "the last laugh" because the truth would come out before God on judgment day.

'Serious case'

Justice Anthony Whealy sentenced the men today in the New South Wales Supreme Court sitting at Parramatta.

Last October after four and a half weeks of deliberations, a jury found them guilty of the conspiracy which involved stockpiling explosive chemicals and firearms.

During the long-running trial, crown prosecutor Richard Maidment SC said the men were all devout Muslims driven by extremist beliefs to plot violent jihad in retaliation for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

They spent months working together to acquire chemicals, firearms and ammunition, and extremist literature found in their homes showed they had violent intent, he said.

Justice Whealy said the criminality involved in the enterprise fell "only marginally short of the most serious case".

The men's motivation had been an "intolerant, inflexible religious conviction" and each had contempt for the Australian Government, its leaders and laws, he said.

Justice Whealy said at the very least the men had intended to cause serious damage to property, but he could not conclude they had intended to kill people, although they were aware it was highly likely life would be endangered.

He said the evidence did not establish the precise nature or target of the plot.

"There is a wide range of material that has never been recovered," he also noted.

None of the men had shown remorse and their prospects for rehabilitation were poor, the judge said.

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I was going to post something some would see as controversial, however, I saw better of it, and will just say this; The judge in question had seen fit for the given sentence.

Good on him.

Cheers,

Joe.
 
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