Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security, was quoted in MPR News about the case of three ISIS defendants who face sentencing this week by U.S. District Judge Michael Davis.
Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University, who has been closely following ISIS-related cases around the country, said Davis has distinguished himself nationally for being open to alternative remedies in certain cases.
She notes that he brought in a German counterradicalization expert to assess the defendants’ potential for rehabilitation.“I think there’s a chance with this case that it will set some kind of recommendation and pattern for the future,” she said. “But there’s really no telling, because the judge has really not showed his hand. He’s been very even in considering all the elements of the arguments in the case. So I think we don’t know.”
Looking to other examples around the country, she says the judge very well could side with the government and deliver lengthy prison sentences.