Raed Jaser and Jess Ghannam

drug addiction: Jess Ghannam told a Toronto court on Monday that Raed Jaser did not have consistent radical Islamic ideology, but adopted a persona as a pious Muslim to trick members of that community, according to CTV. Ghannam concluded that Jaser had no intention to hurt anyone and he was motivated by his drug addiction and by wanting to take care of his family. Dr. He told the sentencing hearing that Jaser had a "debilitating" addiction and "would do anything to stay high." Jaser and his co-accused, Chiheb Esseghaier, were found guilty in March of a terror-related conspiracy to commit murder, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison. Ghannam -- a licensed psychologist and clinical professor of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco -- said he conducted interviews with Jaser parents, brother, wife and sister-in-law as part of a psychiatric assessment. The 12-member jury also found the men guilty of six other terror-related charges between them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.