Mentally ill man pleads guilty to helping radicals in Syria
A mentally ill North Carolina man who the government for years fought to prosecute as an example to others considering joining militant fighters in Syria is pleading guilty.
Basit Sheikh's plea bargain disclosed in a Raleigh federal courtroom Wednesday would see the 34-year-old released from prison in two years or less. His father says Sheikh would return to his family's home in suburban Cary after release.
