Lindh May Only Serve 12 years
According to Mark Allenbaugh in Why The American Taliban May Only Serve 13, Not 20 Years, In Prison, a former Staff Attorney for the United States Sentencing Commission assigned to the Commission's Terrorism Team. the Government has miscalculated the sentencing guidelines in the case of John Walker Lindh.
Allenbaugh says the terrorism adjustment for the count pertaining to supplying services to the Taliban may not apply.
If the terrorism adjustment doesn't apply, Lindh would be out in under 12 years.
For more on the terrorism adjustment and an explanation of guideline calculations used in the plea agreement, see TalkLeft's recent breakdown.
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