Rasmea Odeh
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Rasmea Yousef Odeh (in Arabic رسمية يوسف عودة; born 1947/1948), also known as Rasmea Yousef, Rasmieh Steve, and Rasmieh Joseph Steve,[3] is a Palestinian Jordanian and former American citizen who was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) convicted by Israeli military courts for involvement in the 1969 Jerusalem supermarket bombing, resulting in the killing of two young civilians. Odeh claimed that the confessions were obtained under torture, and that the charges were political. She was sentenced to life in prison in Israel and spent 10 years in prison before she was released in a prisoner exchange with the PFLP in 1980.[4] After her release to Jordan, she immigrated in 1990 to the United States, became a U.S. citizen, and served as associate director at the Arab American Action Network in Chicago, Illinois.[2][5][6][7][8][9]
Rasmea Yousef Odeh | |
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Born | 1947/1948 (age 76–77)[1] |
Nationality | Jordanian |
Other names | Rasmea Yousef, Rasmieh Steve, Rasmieh Joseph Steve, Rasmieh Odeh, Rasmieh Yousef Odeh |
Occupation(s) | Associate director of the Arab American Action Network, Chicago, Illinois |
Conviction(s) | a) Yes (life sentence) (b) 18 months in federal prison, stripping of US citizenship, and deportation from US to Jordan, once she has served her sentence, conviction was vacated by the appellate court. |
Criminal charge | a) Involvement in two terrorist bombings in Jerusalem, including a fatal one; b) Immigration fraud |
Details | |
Country | Israel |
Target(s) | Jerusalem supermarket and British Consulate |
Killed | 2 |
Injured | 9 |
Weapons | Bombs |
Imprisoned at | Sentenced to life imprisonment, served ten years in Israel In custody November 10 – December 11, 2014, in Michigan, but freed on bond pending sentencing; sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on March 12, 2015. |
In 2014, Odeh was convicted of immigration fraud by a jury in federal court in Detroit for concealing her arrest and conviction by military court in Israel.[10][11] Odeh's counsel maintained she did not receive a "full and fair trial" because the judge ruled as irrelevant her testimony that her 1969 confession in Israel had been extracted by torture.[12][13] In 2015, a federal judge denied Odeh's request to either overturn the conviction or grant a new trial, ruling that her argument lacked legal merit, based on evidence of her fraudulent citizenship application and the fact that the jurors "clearly did not believe [her] explanation", while "the evidence was more than sufficient to support the jury's verdict."[14][15] Odeh was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in March 2015, stripped of her US citizenship, and set for deportation to Jordan after serving her time.[16][17][18][19] Her conviction was vacated by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and sent back to the District Court in February 2016.[20] In April 2017 she pleaded guilty to failing to disclose her previous conviction on her citizenship application. As part of the plea agreement she was deported without serving jail time.[21]