conviction_status religion conviction birth_place alias nationality image_size charge conviction_penalty name birth_date article_title birth_name image_name
incarcerated at adx florence , colorado , united states sunni islam guilty of all charges bromley , london , england abdel rahim , abdul rof british 230px attempted homicide placing an explosive device on an aircraft attempted murder use interference with flight crew and attendants attempted destruction of an of aircraft use of a destructive device during and in relation a to a crime of violence attempted wrecking of a mass weapon transportation vehicle of mass destruction attempted three consecutive life sentences and 110 years without parole richard reid 12 august 1973 richard reid
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richard reid

richard colvin reid -lrb- born 12 august 1973 -rrb- , also known as the shoe bomber , is a british man who attempted to detonate explosives packed into the shoes he was wearing , while on american airlines flight 63 from paris to miami .
born to a father who was a career criminal , reid converted to islam as a young man in prison after years as a petty criminal .
later he became radicalised and went to pakistan and afghanistan , where he trained and became a member of al-qaeda .
on 22 december 2001 , he boarded american airlines flight 63 between paris and miami , wearing shoes packed with explosives , which he unsuccessfully tried to detonate .
passengers subdued him on the plane , which landed at logan international airport in boston , massachusetts , the closest us airport .
he was subsequently arrested and indicted .
in 2002 , reid pleaded guilty in u.s. federal court to eight criminal counts of terrorism , based on his attempt to destroy a commercial aircraft in flight .
he was sentenced to 3 life terms plus 110 years in prison without parole and is held in a super maximum security prison in the united states .
