With his head shaved and his stare fixed straight, John Walker Lindh leaves jail in Alexandria, Va., in 2002 on the way to his first appearance in federal court. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)John Walker Lindh, the first person to be convicted of a crime in the “War on Terror,” left prison a free man Thursday after 17 years behind bars, his lawyer confirmed. “I did not go to fight against America, and I never did,” Lindh told U.S. District Judge T.S. John Walker Lindh is seen in this undated photo from a religious school where he studied for five months in Pakistan. Lindh is being released in accordance with applicable statutes and BOP regulations.”In prison, he has remained religiously doctrinaire.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2019 09:01 UTC