RALEIGH, NC — A North Carolina man serving 45 years for plotting a terror attack on a Marine base and overseas targets was convicted yesterday of plotting to behead witnesses against him.
Hysen Sherifi, 28, of Raleigh, was found guilty on nine counts linked to the murder-for-hire plan and could get life in prison when he’s sentenced in February, said US Attorney Thomas Walker.
Representing himself in US District Court in Raleigh, Sherifi read religious verses in Arabic and lectured jurors in English.
“Do you have authority to make laws for mankind?” he demanded. “We do not make laws. We follow the laws . . . revealed by Allah.”
Judge Earl Britt told him to argue his case, instead, and eventually had US marshals handcuff him and take him back to his jail cell.