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January 22, 2024

Judge Orders Release of James Cromitie, Final "Newburgh 4" Member
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A federal judge in New York has ordered the release of James Cromitie,
who has spent the last 15 years in prison after being entrapped in a
government-orchestrated bombing plot. He is the fourth and final member
of the so-called Newburgh 4 to be ordered released. The men, all of them
Black and Muslim converts, were sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2010
after being convicted on terrorism charges. Judge Colleen Mc Mahon
criticized the FBI sting operation, saying the men "would not have, and
could not have, devised" the crime they were accused of. Click here to
see all of our coverage of the Newburgh
4":https://www.democracynow.org/topics/newburgh_four.


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