Abduwali Muse — ((install))

On February 16, 2011, U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska sentenced Abduwali Muse to . In her statement, she noted the need to deter future pirates, but also acknowledged Muse’s youth, his difficult background in war-torn Somalia, and the fact that no one aboard the Maersk Alabama was killed (largely due to the crew’s and Navy’s actions). Muse is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Marion, a high-security facility in Illinois.

The story begins on April 8, 2009, when the MV Maersk Alabama , carrying 17,000 tons of food aid to Kenya, was attacked by four Somali pirates approximately 240 nautical miles off the Somali coast. Muse, then estimated to be between 18 and 19 years old, was identified as the leader of the pirate group. abduwali muse

The immediate question was: where and how should Muse be tried? He was initially held on the USS Boxer and interrogated by a multi-agency team, including the FBI and the military’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The George W. Bush administration’s framework for the War on Terror had designated certain non-state actors for trial by military commission at Guantanamo Bay. On February 16, 2011, U