Malian national pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit murder

the late William Bultemeier, killed by the defendant, courtesy NY Post

According to the US Attorney's office, EDNY, "Earlier today, Alhassane Ould Mohamed, also known as “Cheibani,” a citizen of Mali, pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to conspiring to murder a United States diplomat stationed in Niamey, Niger, in December 2000. " See story here...https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/malian-national-pleads-guilty-brooklyn-federal-court-conspiracy-murder-us-diplomat

"According to court filings and facts presented during the plea proceeding, in the early morning hours of December 23, 2000, the defendant and a co-conspirator accosted a group of employees of the United States Embassy in Niger as they left a restaurant in Niamey, Niger.  Carrying a pistol and an AK-47 assault rifle, the two men approached Department of Defense official William Bultemeier as he was about to enter his car, a white sport-utility vehicle bearing diplomatic license plates clearly indicating that it belonged to the United States Embassy.  After demanding that Mr. Bultemeier turn over the keys to the diplomatic vehicle, the defendant and his co-conspirator shot Mr. Bultemeier and Staff Sergeant Christopher McNeely, the Marine Detachment Commander for the United States Embassy in Niger at the time, who had run to Mr. Bultemeier’s aid.  The defendant and his fellow assailant then drove away in the United States Embassy vehicle.

Mr. Bultemeier died of the injuries inflicted by the gunshot wounds.  Staff Sergeant McNeely survived the shooting, and later retired from the Marine Corps as a Master Sergeant.

Today’s plea took place before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II.  When sentenced on April 26, 2016, the defendant faces an agreed-upon term of 25 years’ imprisonment."

Someone gets intentionally murdered and the murderer only gets 25 years? Does this make sense?

It is obvious from the story that Mali agreed to extradite the defendant to the USA provided he does not get the death penalty or life in jail. Being that the defendant is currently 45 years old, he will be about 67 years old when he is deported back to Mali as he must do 87.5 percent of the allotted time pursuant to Federal law.  He is currently in the hell hole known as MCC, Manhattan, a detention center that I was incarcerated in for 15 months. 

To learn more what he is facing in prison, please go here....http://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG