The 25 year-old Nigerian citizen showed no emotion as Judge Nancy Edmunds gave him the maximum allowed sentence. The bomb, though it failed to explode, caused a fired on a Delta Airliner carrying 289 people. He was quickly subdued by passengers and crew.
This past October Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty and stated that he was motivated to attempt to bring down the plan due to the negative treatment Muslims receive around the world…“The jihadi is proud to kill in the name of God and that is exactly what God told us to do in the Koran.” His family, though not in court for the sentencing, did release a statement expressing that they were grateful to God that no one was hurt during the incident, and that they disagree with Abdulmutallab’s interpretation of Islam.