DePaul University Student’s Conviction Upheld for Aiding ISIS

March 29, 2024, 3:43 PM UTC

A DePaul University computer science student lost a bid to upend his conviction for sharing a computer program with undercover federal agents with which he intended to help ISIS propagate terrorist propaganda online.

Thomas Osadzinski was a 21-year-old junior at DePaul when he was arrested on Nov. 18, 2019. A federal jury in Illinois on Oct. 18, 2021, found him guilty of knowingly attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization by providing services to ISIS in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2339B.

Osadzinski appealed, arguing that his conviction violated his free speech rights because the services he ...

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