According to WLS, the defense has filed a motion to have the sentence reconsidered, and they will be in court on May 7.
Czuba might have received a mandatory prison term of 20–60 years or maybe life in prison.
According to authorities, he targeted his renters because they were Muslims and in retaliation for the Israeli-Hamas conflict that had recently erupted following Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse, Wadee’s great-uncle Mahmoud Yousef said, “It doesn’t matter what numbers are.” He killed one of us. A future was taken by him.
The largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the country, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said it applauded the sentence from its Chicago office.
In a statement, Ahmed Rehab, executive director of CAIR-Chicago, stated, “Today’s outcome delivers a necessary measure of justice, but no sentence can restore what was taken.”
