178 terrorism cases in US ended in convictions since 9/11 (To go with 9/11 accused has gone to the gallows)
September 10th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANSWashington, Sep 10 (IANS) Of the 196 among 345 terrorism cases brought to US courts since the 9/11 attacks, 178 have ended in convictions.
# Nearly 3,000 held on terrorism charges and over 2,500 convicted.
# About eight dozen defendants awaiting trial and over 50 defendants are fugitives overseas or are being held by other countries awaiting extradition.
# A total of 775 detainees were brought to Guantanamo detention camp.
# Of these, most have been released without charge or transferred to facilities in their home countries and only three have been convicted by military court.
# Eight people charged with major terrorism crimes reported killed overseas.
# Currently, 3,251 prisoners in 34 of America’s 50 states are on the death row.
# Sixteen American states don’t have the capital punishment.
# Since 1853, 10 states have abolished it, including the capital city of Washington DC in 1981 and New York in 2007. Ten more are planning to do so.
# Since 1976, 1,266 convicts have been executed, including 32 this year. None of them on terrorism charges.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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