On this day 31 years ago, on May 24, 1994 (April 14, 1994 in the lunar calendar), the culprits of the World Trade Center bombing in New York were sentenced to 240 years in prison. The four culprits convicted by the court for their involvement in the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on February 26, 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison without bail on May 24, 1994. This was an unusually harsh sentence, which meant that the four culprits would be imprisoned for life. The four suspects convicted were Mohamed Salama, Nieder Aiyad, Mamoud Abaharima and Armand Aga. After the World Trade Center bombing, the police had arrested seven suspects, and the other three suspects were released due to insufficient evidence. The judge's method of sentencing the four criminals was unique. He consulted with experts to determine the expected age of life of the six victims killed in the bombing, and then subtracted the age of the victims' death to arrive at the age of their loss, a total of 180 years. Add in the 30-year sentence for each of the two charges of assaulting federal officials when the criminals were arrested, and the total sentence is 240 years. The judge explained that while each charge of the criminals cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment by law, the law allows any term of imprisonment for each charge. This combination of crimes can result in a sentence of 240 years. When reporting the news, the newspaper here pointed out that 240 years is only a symbolic sentence, and the judge is actually guaranteeing that the criminals will be imprisoned for life. Because according to the law, even if they do well in prison, they can only get a 15% reduction in their sentences and have to serve 204 years in prison. All four defendants pleaded not guilty and asked to appeal.