Prosecutors plan to seek a decades-long prison sentence for Frank James, who is expected to plead guilty to opening fire in a subway car and wounding 10 riders in an attack that shocked New York City.
Frank James, 62, suspected of opening fire in a crowded New York City subway station has been taken into custody and charged with a terror-related offense, officials announce on Wednesday in New York City, United States on April 12, 2022.
Prosecutors told Judge William F. Kuntz II in a letter late last week that they plan to ask him to go beyond the roughly 32-year to 39-year sentence that federal sentencing guidelines would recommend. James planned the attack for years and endangered the lives of dozens of people, prosecutors said in the letter.Defense attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday, when courts were closed to observe the New Year's holiday.His lawyers informed the judge on Dec.
Ten of those charges — each one corresponding to a specific victim — accuse him of committing a terrorist attack against a mass transportation system carrying passengers and employees.Kuntz issued an order last week instructing the U.S. Marshals Service to use "all necessary force" to ensure that James shows up at Tuesday's plea proceeding, noting that James has refused to appear at past hearings.
In the subway attack, the shooter set off a pair of smoke grenades and then fired a barrage of random shots inside the train, bloodying passengers as it moved between stations. Before the shooting, James, who is Black, posted dozens of videos online in which he ranted about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. In some, he decried the treatment of Black people and talked about how he was so frustrated, "I should have gotten a gun and just started shooting."
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