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NEW YORK \u2014 A New Jersey man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block<\/a>, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison by a judge who repeatedly called it a miracle nobody was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Afghanistan, was criticized by a prosecutor for failing to show remorse and was scolded by a victim for not apologizing to the 30 people he injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan said it was hard to reconcile the \u201creasonable enough\u201d man he saw in court with the terrorist who tried to kill as many people as he could when he left his home early the morning of Sept. 17, 2016, with two pressure-cooker explosives and a bag full of smaller bombs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou sound like most people and yet your actions are totally at odds with your voice,\u201d Berman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe saw videos,\u201d he said, referencing multiple videos at his fall trial that showed Rahimi dragging bombs in two suitcases and a backpack through Manhattan streets, setting one down a half hour before it exploded in the upscale Chelsea neighborhood and another a few blocks away that was discovered and disabled before it could explode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to square the way you appear in court to that other behavior,\u201d Berman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a photo taken Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, Frank Costello, organizer of the Semper Five charity run in Seaside Heights, N.J., poses for photograph near the site of the start and finish lines for the race. It’s been a year since a pipe bomb blast disrupted the charity race to benefit Marines and marked the start of a two-day reign of terror in the region. But organizers of Saturday’s race say its resumption amid tight security shows the region’s resiliency. The blast occurred just before the start of last year’s race. No one was injured, but the event was canceled. (Julio Cortez\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, the judge said, Rahimi deserved multiple life prison terms. One life term was mandatory but the judge exercised his discretion by imposing life sentences for counts that Rahimi\u2019s defense lawyer said deserved only a 15-year sentence. He also ordered $562,803 in restitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berman called Rahimi, 30, a \u201cclear and present danger\u201d and said it was too big a risk not to impose a life sentence, especially after Rahimi offered \u201cnot an ounce of justification\u201d for his crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chelsea explosion happened just hours after a small pipe bomb exploded along a Marine Corps road race in Seaside Park, New Jersey, frightening participants but injuring no one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bombings triggered a two-day manhunt that ended in a shootout with police in Linden, New Jersey. Rahimi was shot several times but survived. Police officers also were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given a chance to speak, Rahimi, shackled at the ankles, portrayed himself as a victim, saying he came to America as a 7-year-old boy with no hatred for anyone and was raised by a father in a household where there was no mention of what his father experienced during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He described how his father went to law enforcement on multiple occasions to report suspicious behavior he had seen in his son, but ultimately felt let down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t harbor hate for anyone,\u201d Rahimi said before describing how he believed law enforcement targeted him once he became a practicing Muslim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Crowley immediately followed Rahimi, saying he had just \u201cblamed everyone else\u201d after causing so much destruction through crimes \u201cfueled by hate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe has shown no remorse,\u201d Crowley said. \u201cHe\u2019s proud of what he has done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She described Rahimi\u2019s efforts to radicalize fellow prisoners at the federal jail in New York where he has been imprisoned since his arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rahimi, prosecutors said, gave inmates copies of terrorist propaganda and jihadist materials, including speeches and lectures by al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric who inspired attacks on America and was killed in a U.S. airstrike in September 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rahimi also allowed some inmates to view materials on his laptop or provided electronic copies as he spread \u201cThe Book of Jihad,\u201d bomb-making instructions and various issues of a propaganda magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense attorney Xavier Donaldson called it ironic that his client had once aspired to be a police officer and worked as a security guard after studying criminal justice at a community college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged a sentence not based on what people think terrorists might inspire or the fear they may cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the sentence was announced, Berman invited several victims watching the proceedings to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pauline Nelson, 48, of Brooklyn, stepped to the podium. She was hospitalized when the car she was driving was jolted by the explosion. She\u2019s still being treated for muscle spasms in her back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou never apologized to anyone in the courtroom,\u201d she said, staring at the bearded Rahimi, who sat at the defense table, shackles on his ankles. \u201cYou have no remorse for what you did.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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