Federal Prosecutors Seek 25 Years for Sudbury Terrorist

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send convicted Sudbury terrorist Tarek Mehanna to prison for 25 years, according to the Boston Herald.

Mehanna, who was convicted on terrorism charges in December, will be sentenced at Moakley Courthouse in Boston on Thursday.

His defense is asking for a maximum sentence of 6 1/2 years.

According to the Herald, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is also asking U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to keep Mehanna on supervised probation once he’s back on the street for as long as he chooses to remain in this country.

Mehanna, 29, faces life in prison for conspiring to help al Qaeda and traveling to Yemen in search of terrorism training in 2004.

According to FreeTarek.com, Mehanna plans to speak during his sentencing.

Since being arrested in 2009, he has been held at Plymouth County Correctional Facility.

Mehanna will likely be moved to a federal facility after his sentencing.

His defense is expected to argue in appeal that the jury was scared by repeated and irrelevant references to Osama bin Laden and the Sept. 11 attacks.