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==Terrorist conspiracy conviction== Nosair was still imprisoned in a state prison when he was convicted as part of the federal trial of the "Blind Sheik" [[Omar Abdel-Rahman]]. Both received [[life sentence]]s without the possibility of parole for their involvement in a terrorist conspiracy, in Nosair's case life plus 15 years' imprisonment.<ref>[http://www.tkb.org/CaseHome.jsp?caseid=332 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109221029/http://www.tkb.org/CaseHome.jsp?caseid=332 |date=January 9, 2008 }}</ref> It was ruled that Nosair's murder of Kahane was part of the "seditious conspiracy".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9510/terror_trial/update/ | work=CNN | title=Defense: Juror 'bias' in terror verdicts | access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref> Nosair was convicted of nine counts, including conspiracy to [[New York City landmark bomb plot|use explosives against New York landmarks]], [[seditious conspiracy]], plotting to assassinate U.S. politicians, [[murder]] of Kahane in aid of [[racketeering]], [[attempted murder]] in aid of racketeering, attempted murder of a postal police officer, use of a [[firearm]] in the commission of a murder, use of a firearm in an attempted murder, and possession of a firearm; he received life plus 15 years of imprisonment.<ref name="tkb">{{cite web|url=http://www.tkb.org/CaseHome.jsp?caseid=332|title=USA v. Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel-Rahman et al.: 93-CR-181-KTD|access-date=2005-09-05|archive-date=2008-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109221029/http://www.tkb.org/CaseHome.jsp?caseid=332|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nosair's relatives obtained funds from [[Osama bin Laden]] to pay for Nosair's defense.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bin Laden bankrolled Kahane killer defense|work=New York Daily News|date=9 October 2002|author=Smith, Greg B.}}</ref>
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