DC Circ. Vacates Benghazi Attack Leader's 'Lenient' Sentence

By Madeline Lyskawa ( July 17, 2026, 7:11 PM EDT) -- A D.C. Circuit panel vacated a lower court's 28-year sentence of a Libyan national accused of orchestrating the deadly 2012 attacks against a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, agreeing with the government that his sentence is "unreasonably lenient."...

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