Blindfolded suspected members of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are displayed at the federal police headquarters in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city.

Can a Terrorist be Rehabilitated?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 3, 2017

Wired contributing editor Brendan Koerner joins us to discuss his latest story for the magazine “Can You Turn A Terrorist Back Into A Citizen?” He profiles one federal judge, Michael J. Davis, who went far beyond the standard sentencing procedures to become the first judge to sentence a US citizen convicted of supporting terrorism to rehabilitation, not jail time. Now, a deradicalization expert is currently working to build a deradicalization training center in Minneapolis, which would further expand the program.

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