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Frank James, 64, was sentenced to 10 life terms plus 10 years by
U.S. District Court Judge William Kuntz during a hearing in
Brooklyn federal court. James pleaded guilty in January to 10
counts of terrorism and weapons charges.
"Today, Frank James was sentenced for his deliberate and
calculated act of terror against our city," James Smith, who
heads the FBI's New York field office, said in a statement.
"He aimed to kill innocent people, who were simply going about
their daily lives amid the morning rush."
The attack followed a string of violent crimes in America's
largest metropolitan transit system, including instances of
commuters being pushed onto subway tracks.
James, who was apprehended in Manhattan's East Village
neighborhood 30 hours after the attack on a Manhattan-bound N
train, confessed to the crimes before a judge in January.
He opened fire during the morning rush hour as the train headed
to an underground station in Brooklyn's Sunset Park
neighborhood. James shot 10 people and another 13 were injured
in the ensuing panic, according to police. No one was killed.
His attorneys had sought an 18-year sentence, according to court
documents.
James, a native of the city's Bronx borough with recent
addresses in Philadelphia and Milwaukee, had nine prior arrests
in New York and three in New Jersey, according to the New York
Police Department.
(Reporting by Gabriella Borter and Brendan O'Brien; Editing by
Rami Ayyub)
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