away he comes over here for his senior year. we don t know why he left but we know he graduated here in stoten. he fit in he didn t strike her as being out of the ordinary too much. studies computer science for three semesters here at northeastern university. during this time period authorities belief he became radicalized. he and jihad friends would spend their saturday night watching propaganda videos and plotting to be part of the action. post 9-11 they start to hate america. he traveled on several occasions overseas. his first travel was in april of 2002 when he traveled to pakistan for purposes of seeking out military training. they failed in their first attempt so they returned to the u.s. to try to kill at home. according to the court records 2003 abu summer and associates
who grew up down the street from one another. toten says he didn t feel it affected the sentence. he didn t feel being childhood friends with the judge affected the sentence rendered. that sentence, from judge james wo woodruf along with six years of probation. it was structured in such a way that cle merks convicted on three counts of rape would not serve prison time unless he violates the extensive parole. per the judges orders, he will serve two years in the llcp. limestone county community corrections program. their website claims to keep violent offenders incarcerated longer by placing nonviolent offenders in the corrections program diverting them from the penitentiary. during this time the convicted
rapist will spend in this program for nonviolent offenders, he ll be able to live at home. mother jones quotes his defense attorney, dan toten saying his lifestyle for the next six years is going to be very controlled. if he goes to a party and they are serving beer, he can t say, can i have one. toten said this sentence was no slap on the wrist. by now, i m sure you are seeing the parts of the story that, at first, we thought were simply unbelievable. this man was convicted of three counts of rape of a minor and the primary punishment seems to be about having to stay sober while at a party. the survivor in this story is now a college student. she s reacting publicly. here is what she had to say to our affiliate, waff about the verdict. it s been proven guilty,
that there is sort of oversight not only from a court but also from the justice department that in an effort to essentially relieve a lot of the concerns out there that this could be something that could be used for the wrong purposes. i should point out a short time ago attorney general eric holder was testifying up on capitol hill. he was asked to comment on this. he declined to comment, but he was asked by one lawmaker to brief lawmakers later, not only the attorney general but also the nsa, suzanne. dan, thanks. i believe we actually have some sound from the attorney general who was just asked about this. i believe that he actually addressed this. i want toten in here. i don t think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. i d be more than glad to come back in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues that you have raised. in this open forum i would say the correct answer would be no, we stayed