People who take seriously the debate over trying accused terrorists in civilian courts had plenty to consider in the aftermath of the conviction Wednesday of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani on a single charge in the U.S. embassy bombing case.
The verdict was a surprise because the 36-year-old Tanzanian was convicted of conspiracy to use explosives to destroy buildings and property of the United States—the embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya—but was acquitted of 224 related murder counts, one for each person killed in the coordinated explosions on Aug. 7, 1998.
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