A military jury on Thursday sentenced Osama bin Laden's ex-driver Salim Hamdan to five years and six months in prison for supporting terrorism, far below the minimum 30 years prosecutors had requested.
Taking into account time Hamdan has already served, the sentence adds only an additional five months, although the Pentagon has indicated it has no plans to release him.
"It is my duty as president (of the jury) to inform you that this military commission sentences you to be confined for 66 months," one of the six military jurors told the court.
The judge had earlier ruled that Hamdan would be given credit for five years and about one month spent at the Guantanamo prison since 2003, when he was initially charged under the tribunal system. Hamdan did not receive credit for time spent behind bars before he was charged in 2003 and under US detention.