The charges carry a mandatory life sentence, but Ellis will make a recommendation about Kotey's prison facility and whether he should be separated from other inmates in near-solitary confinement.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages is due to face a U.S. judge on Friday who will determine whether to subject him to a lifetime of near-solitary confinement.
A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an ISIS militant group nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim's mother told the defendant, "I will not hate you."
WASHINGTON: A US judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of a Daesh militant group nicknamed “The Beatles” that beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim’s mother told the defendant, “I will not hate you.” US District Judge T.S. Ellis in Alexandria, Virginia, held an emotionally charged sentencing hearing for London-born Alexanda Kotey,
A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed The Beatles that beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim s mother told the defendant, I will not hate you.