Boulder firebombing case ends with life sentence

Mohamed Soliman, 46, pleaded guilty to more than 100 State charges tied to a June 1 Boulder firebombing that killed 82-year-old Karen Diamond and injured others. Boulder District Judge Nancy Salomone imposed a mandatory life sentence without parole plus the maximum terms on dozens of crimes, to be served consecutively (life plus about 2,128 years). The U.S. DOJ is weighing the death penalty in a separate federal case, which Soliman said he would welcome. The attack occurred during a peaceful demonstration near the Boulder courthouse; victims’ statements highlighted it as an act of terror against a Jewish community. Soliman, Egyptian-born with an asylum claim pending, also has family in the U.S. whose immigration status is being addressed.