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Men Guilty in U.K. Beheading

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'Holy war' defense rejected.

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Two men have been found guilty in the May murder of 25-year-old British soldier Lee Rigby. The pair, Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, killed Rigby—nearly beheading him in the middle of the street—the defense argued, because they believed they were fighting a holy war against Western aggression in Muslim countries. While announcing the verdict, the judge read witness accounts that the two men “looked pleased with what they had done." Protestors soon gathered outside the court to demand capital punishment, which British law does not allow.

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