US man's terror conviction is upheld on appeal
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An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of trying to help al-Qaeda terrorists blow up fuel pipelines and refineries in the United States.
The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals says in an opinion that the issues raised by 51-year-old Michael Curtis Reynolds were "meritless." He had alleged insufficient evidence, misstated facts and false testimony, malicious prosecution and lack of a speedy trial. Reynolds, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in November 2007 after he was convicted of providing material support to terrorists, soliciting a crime of violence and explosives counts. (AP)
