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U.S. District Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber Sentences David Coleman Headley to Thirty-Five Years in Prison

published January 28, 2013

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U.S. District Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber Sentences David Coleman Headley to 35 Years in Prison
Harry Daniel Leinenweber was born in 1937 in Joliet, Illinois. In 1959, Leinenweber graduated from the University of Notre Dame. In 1962, he earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. From 1962 until 1986, Leinenweber worked in private practice in Joliet. From 1963 until 1967, he served as a city attorney of Joliet and was a Special prosecutor for Will County, Illinois from 1968 to 1970. Leinenweber was also a Special counsel of the Village of Bolingbrook, Illinois from 1975 to 1977 and a Special counsel of Will County Forest Preserve, Illinois in 1977. He used to be a member of the Republican Illinois General Assembly.


Leinenweber had a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On November 7, 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed Leinenweber to a new seat. On December 16, 1985, the United States Senate confirmed the U.S. District Judge and he received commission the following day. On June 3, 2002, Leinenweber assumed senior status.

U.S. District Judge Says Headley Deserves the Death Penalty

On Thursday, January 24, 2013, U.S. District Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber sentenced David Coleman Headley to thirty-five years in prison for assisting in a 2008 terrorist plot to attack Mumbai, India. According to an Associated Press article on Asian Correspondent.com, “US Mumbai plotter sentenced to 35 lenient years,” Headley could have received a life sentence for his terrorist plans, but got a lenient sentence for his cooperation with U.S. authorities after he was brought into custody. Prosecutors believe Headley received the right sentence because the culprit gave significant information about intelligence terror networks, which included the Pakistani terrorist organization that carried out the attack.

The AP editorial reports that Judge Leinenweber called the Mumbai attack unfathomable and terrifying. The column quoted the judge when he said, “Perhaps the lucky ones were the ones who didn't survive.”

The Zeenews.com editorial, “Headley deserved the death penalty: US judge,” covers Leinenweber's reaction towards Headley, a Washington born son of an American mother and a Pakistani diplomat. The judge asserted, “Mr. Headley is a terrorist.” Leinenweber continued to say that it would have been easier to enforce the death penalty. However, the Zeenews column states that U.S. prosecutors arranged a plea deal and agreed not to pursue the death penalty against the fifty-two year old Headley. The prosecutors also agreed not to extradite Headley to India, Denmark or Pakistan for the charges he pled guilty to.

According to Zeenews, Leinenweber told Headley:
“He commits crime, cooperates and then gets rewarded for the cooperation. No matter what I do, it is not going to deter terrorists. Unfortunately, terrorists do not care for it. I do not have any faith in Mr. Headley when he says that he is a changed person now. I do believe that it is my duty to protect the public from Mr. Headley and ensure that he does not get into any further terrorist activities. Recommending 35 years is not a right sentence. The sentence I impose, I'm hopeful it will keep Mr. Headley under lock and key for the rest of his natural life.”
The AP article accuses Headley of taking part in reconnaissance missions, which helped guide the attack of ten gunmen from a Pakistani founded militant organization. The assault was carried out by boat on November 26, 2008. The terrorists were equipped with automatic weapons and grenades. They were prepared to attack several targets, which included a Jewish center, the Taj Mahal Hotel and a crowded train station. The AP column also explained that television cameras filmed the terrorists live while they carried out their three-day assault.

Zeenews pointed out that Headley testified against his friend Tahawwur Hussain Rana during his trial. Headley told the court that he appeared at the Le T training camps located in Pakistan. He also revealed that he attended the Le T at least five times between 2002 and 2005.

Zeenews mentions that in 2005, Headley was ordered from three individuals from Lashkar to travel to India, where he was directed to conduct surveillance. Headley traveled to India on five different occasions between September 2006 and July 2008. U.S. authorities know about Headley's activities in India because he made videotapes of the areas they planed on attacking. Zeenews also explains that after each trip, Headley headed back to Pakistan to discuss the results of his reconnaissance missions with Lashkar individuals. Headley provided videos to the Lashkar members.

Zeenews acknowledges that prior to Headley's April 2008 reconnaissance visit, he and other individuals in Pakistan talked about specific sites in Mumbai, so a group of terrorist could attack their targets after they arrived by boat. Headley was well prepared for the Mumbai assault, visiting the area with a global positioning system device and personally scouted the Mumbai harbor on a boat. The editorial discusses that on November 26 and 28, 2008, ten gunmen who were trained by Lashkar used grenades, improvised explosive devises and firearms to attack certain sites in Mumbai. Zeenews said prosecutors listed the following sites, which were targeted by the terrorists and scouted by Headley in advance: the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station, the Chabad House, the Leopold Café and the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels.

The AP editorial states that Headley displayed no emotion when Judge Leinenweber delivered his sentence. Prior to Leinenweber's ruling, the judge asked Headley if he had any final words to say to the court. Headley told Leinenweber, “No your honor, I expressed everything in the letter I wrote you.” Although that letter was not read in court, Headley's attorney, Robert Seeder, told reporters that his client used the letter to describe why he assisted the terrorists and how sorry he was for his actions.

The AP column discusses that prosecutors believe Headley's hatred of India stems back to when he was a kid. Although he never assaulted anyone in Mumbai, Headley has been condemned for assisting the Pakistani founded militant organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba. Headley made it easy for the ten gunmen to locate their targets in Mumbai by providing them with maps and videotapes.

The AP article states that prosecutors haven't explained how Headley has exposed the whereabouts of Lashkar-e-Taiba, their structure or their leadership. The terrorist organization was believed to be connected to ISI, the Pakistani intelligence agency. Headley pleaded guilty to twelve counts, which included aiding and abetting in the murder of six Americans and conspiracy to commit murder in India.

published January 28, 2013

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