A 37-year prison sentence will stand for an Algerian man convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.
Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport around the turn of the new millennium.
Border Patrol agents don't just provide interpretation, immigrant right advocates argue. They often question individuals and arrest people who they find are illegally in the country.
Governor Gregoire today appointed King County Superior Court Judge Steve Gonzalez to the Washington State Supreme Court. Judge Gonzalez will fill the seat of retiring Justice Gerry Alexander who must leave the bench due to his age by the...
Earlier this year, a three-judge panel ruled the man's 22-year sentence was too short, given Ressam's al-Qaida training, criminal history and malicious intent. But Ressam's defense team has appealed that ruling.
Despite bolstering the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents on Canadian border in Washington state, the number of arrests of people entering the country illegally has dropped since 2001. But tensions between agents and local residents are rising.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will once again consider whether the 22-year prison sentence imposed on would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam by a federal judge in Seattle was adequate.
An illegal worker's death has heightened tensions in what has become a protracted engagement between the Border Patrol and the immigrant population of Forks.
Seattle-area police kept an eye on local mosques Monday and reassured Muslim leaders that they have somewhere to turn if they fear anti-Islamic sentiment could turn to violence.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 last month that the sentence was too short, given Ressam's al-Qaida training, criminal history and malicious intent.
A federal appeals court says the 22-year prison sentence is too lenient for al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.
Just six hours before midnight and the new millennium, then Mayor Paul Schell ordered everyone out of Seattle Center. Police believed a terrorist was planning to blow up the needle.