A French court on Tuesday convicted the man known as "Carlos the Jackal," once the world's most-wanted fugitive, of a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade and sentenced him to life in prison for the third time. His lawyers, who had pleaded for acquittal, said they will appeal the latest verdict, though the third life sentence doesn't affect how long he will stay behind bars. A few hours before the decision was returned, the 67-year-old known worldwide as Carlos took the floor one last time and denounced "an absurd trial" for a 42-year-old crime. The case took so long to go to trial because it was first dismissed for lack of evidence. Prosecutor Remi Crosson du Cormier had asked the court to give Carlos a life sentence, the harshest sentence in French law, for "the horror of this terrorist attack."

Source: ABC News March 28, 2017 10:54 UTC