David Headly has formally pled to 12 separate counts in a federal court for different crimes against the nation. One of these counts involves scouting places to place bombs in India’s financial center, Mumbai. Mumbai was attacked and 166 people died as a result.

Prosecutors cut a deal with Headly on the condition that he pled guilty and he told them everything he knew. This deal prevented Headly from being extradited to India, Pakistan or Denmark. India still is pressing for extradition and believes they should have access to someone who committed such atrocities on their home soil.

American prosecutors stated that the Indian officials can have access to all their findings and possibly question Headly, but they will not allow extradition pursuant to their deal.

Headly is an American from Chicago. He spent a great deal of his childhood in Pakistan with his Pakistani father. He is charged with several counts of trying to stop peace negotiations between Pakistan and India. He is also being charged in the plotting to take revenge against a Denmark newspaper. This newspaper printed controversial cartoons about the prophet Mohammed 5 years ago. His arrest was in conjunction with the sweep of arrests that also caught “Jihad Jane” in October or 2009.