(NY Daily News) A terrorist convicted of plotting to blow up the Herald Square subway station lost another bid in his decadeslong effort to get sprung from prison because the federal judge who handed down his sentence says he hasn’t taken responsibility for his crime.
Shahawar Matin Siraj, 40, got 30 years in prison in 2007 for planning to blow up the busy subway station. Last Monday, Brooklyn Federal Judge Nina Gershon, who handed down his sentence, denied his motion for early release.
It’s the latest legal setback for Siraj, who has lost several appeals, and, most recently, filed unsuccessful motions before Gershon to have his sentence reduced and his conviction overturned.
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