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Sentencing also would be Thursday. Prosecutors want a life sentence for 45-year-old Umar Patek and say he's a leading member of the al-Qaida-linked network Jemaah Islamiyah. He is accused of illegal weapons possession, concealing terrorist acts, immigration violations and premeditated murder in the bombings that killed 202 people on the resort island. Most victims were foreign tourists, including 88 Australians and seven Americans. Patek says he was a minor player and should not get a life term.
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