Guantanamo Detainee Convicted on Only One Count in NY

A U.S. federal jury has found the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial not guilty of all but one charge related to the 1998 plot to bomb two U.S embassies in Africa.

The New York jury deliberated more than seven days before finding Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani guilty of one count of conspiracy to damage or destroy U.S property by means of an explosive device.

Prosecutors say Ghailani faces a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison, with a maximum life term possible.

He was acquitted of more than 280 other counts including murder and attempted murder.

Ghailani was accused of joining in a plot that led to the bombing of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. The blasts killed 224 people in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, including 12 Americans.

Prosecutors accused Ghailani of conspiring to carry out the attacks by purchasing a truck and gas cylinders. His lawyers argued that he had no prior knowledge of the plans of the al-Qaida organizers.

Ghailani was captured in Pakistan in 2004, then held by the CIA for two years before being transferred to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Last year, the decision was made to bring him to New York City to be tried.

His lawyers allege he was tortured while in CIA custody.