Islamic State 'Beatle' faces sentence in US court for murdering hostages

The charges carry a mandatory life sentence, but Ellis will make a recommendation about Kotey's prison facility and whether he should be separated from other inmates in near-solitary confinement.

A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

(photo credit: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

APRIL 29, 2022 08:28