Two Illinois men who, prosecutors say, helped bomb a Minnesota mosque in 2017 have been sentenced 16-years and 14-years in prison for the 2017 bombing of a mosque in Minnesota.  The lengthy prison time comes even after victims and prosecutors asked for leniency because the men cooperated and testified against the mastermind of the attack.

Michael McWhorter, 33, was sentenced to just under 16 years in prison and Joe Morris, 26, was sentenced to about 14 years in prison. Both testified in the 2020 trial against Emily Claire Hari, the leader of a small Illinois militia group called the "White Rabbits." Morris and McWhorter are both from Clarence, an unincorporated community in Ford County.

Hari was convicted in late 2020 and sentenced last year to 53 years in prison for the attack on Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center, a mosque in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington.  Attorneyr of what happened that day is real, but what's also real is our opportunity to offer real forgiveness, and lead by example," the letter said. "We believe that only through forgiveness can we have any real chance to heal and move forward."

McWhorter and Morris both pleaded guilty to multiple counts in 2019.

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