Prosecutors Seek Death for 6 in Cole Bombing
From Times Wire Reports
A trial in the October 2000 bombing of the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole concluded in Sana, Yemen, with prosecutors asking for the death penalty for the six defendants.
The defendants, including a Saudi in U.S. custody who is being tried in absentia, are the first to be tried in the attack carried out by two suicide bombers in a boat. The blast killed 17 sailors.
A verdict is expected Sept. 29. The men could get as little as 15 years. Death sentences are deemed unlikely because the defendants are not the bombers.
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