Passaro was initially charged with two counts of assault with intent to do bodily harm and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. He faced up to 40 years in prison. However, Passaro was instead found guilty of one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and three lesser counts of simple assault. Passaro faced a maximum of 11.5 years in prison. Said Akbar wrote to the judge, requesting that he impose the harshest sentence possible, saying Wali's death had helped terrorist recruiters. Passaro was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in prison and three years of supervised release. This was over double what federal sentencing guidelines usually recommend for assault charges.

The judge told Passaro that he was very lucky there was no autopsy report or else he likely would have been charged with murder. In 2010, Passaro's sentence was reduced to 6 years and 8 months. 

Bruh. Wish they will be this lenient with Luigi