SFH Partner Joseph Flood persuaded Federal District Court Judge Liam O’Grady to grant a 108 month downward variance for Mohamed Jalloh, a former Virginia Army National Guard who was found guilty of providing material support for ISIS. Mr. Jalloh’s year-long dalliance with the most notorious terrorist organization in the world presented a very troubling set of circumstances but Mr. Flood but he was able to demonstrate that his client’s decisions were strongly influenced by an overbearing undercover FBI agent and his own history of trauma. In imposing a significantly lower sentence, Judge O’Grady acknowledged Mr. Jalloh’s harrowing life story and his prior military service.
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Ex-Va. Guardsman sentenced on terror charges (WTOP)
Ex-National Guardsman From Virginia Charged With Plotting to Help ISIS (NBC)
Ex-U.S. Army reservist gets 11 years prison for Islamic State support (Reuters)
Sterling man sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to aid Islamic State (Loudoun Times)
Ex-Guardsman Gets 11 Years for Terror Charge (ABC)
Ex-Guardsman gets 11 years for Islamic State group support (Tucson News)
Ex-Guardsman gets 11 years for Islamic State group support (Fox5-Las Vegas)
Ex-Guardsman gets 11 years for terror charge (Las Vegas Sun)
