Shannon Conley (Photo : www.businessinsider.com)
A woman from Colorado was given a four-year prison sentence for wanting to help the ISIS terrorist group.
Shannon Maureen Conley lived in Denver, where she was flagged for suspicious activity as he made drawings and notes in a church ground. FBI agents have sent several warnings to Conley, but she continued her unusual activities and got herself arrested when she tried to board a plane at the Denver International Airport, NPR reported.
The 19-year-old was engaged to a 32-year-old Tunisian ISIS member named Yousr Mouelhi and was planning to move to Turkey to become a nurse for the terrorist group.
Conley, who is a certified nurse's aide in Colorado, was one of the first to be incarcerated for planning to support ISIS.
In a statement read in court, Conley said that she only wanted to defend Muslims and did not want to "hurt" anyone.
Initially, Judge Raymond P. Moore believed that Conley needed psychiatric assistance, but later chose the prosecutor's side.
After the Judge Raymond P. Moore's sentencing, Conley's parents posted a statement online saying that the U.S. government is "willing to sacrifice" the future of an American teenage citizen just to prove a point, according to CNN.
The initial plea agreement was prison time for up to five years and a fine that can amount to $250,000 for the conspiracy to give ISIS "material support."
However, because Conley cooperated with the authorities, her sentence was reduced to three years and 100 hours for community service.
During her incarceration, Conley said that she completely read the Quran. She even said that the experience was "life-altering."
