Here is a brief overview of his case and its lasting legal significance.
On April 8, 2009, Muse and three other Somali pirates boarded the MV Maersk Alabama , a U.S.-flagged cargo ship carrying food aid to Kenya. When the crew fought back, the pirates fled to a lifeboat with Captain Richard Phillips as their hostage. The standoff ended four days later when U.S. Navy SEAL snipers killed the other three pirates, and Muse was taken into custody. abduwali muse hoje
Muse was brought to New York City to face federal charges—the first person to be prosecuted for piracy in a U.S. court in over a century. Here is a brief overview of his case