Prosecutors had sought a 40-year term for Mohamed Mohamud, 23, in the 2010 plot that was actually an FBI sting. But US District Court Judge Garr King said Mohamud’s youth and remorse for his actions helped lower his sentence. King said he believed the actions of undercover FBI agents edged into ‘‘imperfect entrapment,’’ the idea that while they did not fully entrap Mohamud in a legal sense, their actions nonetheless encouraged him to commit wrongdoing. ‘‘This is a sad case,’’ King said.
Xeer-ilaalayeyaasha ayaa doonayay in ninka oo lagu magacaabo Maxamed Maxamuud oo ah 23 jir lagu xukumo 40 sano oo xarig ah, laakiin garsooraha maxkamada degmada oo lagu magacaabo Garr King ayaa sheegay in laga yaabo Maxamed inay dhallinyaranimo ku kalliftay falka uu ku kacay, sidaas daraadeedna ay maxkamaddu go’aansatay xukunka 30-ka sano ah.