The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a U.S civilian court has been sentenced to life in prison. Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani, 36, was found guilty in November of conspiracy to damage or destroy U.S property with explosives but was cleared of murder. After Ghailani's acquittal on that and other charges, Congress barred U.S President Barack Obama from moving Guantanamo prisoners to the U.S. The charges related to the 1998 bombing of U.S embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.In New York yesterday, Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Ghailani's request for leniency, saying any mistreatment he claimed he had suffered at the hands of his captors pales in comparison to the suffering and the horror he and his confederates caused. He said this crime was so horrible. It was a cold-blooded killing and maiming of innocent people on an enormous scale.U.S Attorney General Eric Holder said the life sentence demonstrated the ability of the U.S justice system to hold terrorists accountable for their actions.