No Guilty Verdicts in Liberty City Seven - Sears Tower Terror Trial
Miami Homegrown Terrorism Trial : Jury Says Its Deadlocked
By Jeralyn, Section Terror Trials
Posted on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 10:55:54 PM EST
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Update: No verdict today (Tuesday.) They'll be back tomorrow morning.
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It looks like another defeat for the feds in the homegrown terror trial of the Liberty City, Florida defendants they said wanted to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and federal buildings in Miami. (Background here.)The trial began in September and went to the jury on December 4. The jury deliberated four days and told the Judge Thursday it was deadlocked. Today, the Judge gave the dynamite instruction, called the Allen charge, and told them to keep going. They'll be back tomorrow, but trial oberservers don't expect a verdict.
The case was one of those trumpeted by Alberto Gonzales. It seemed like overblown hype from the beginning.
The defendants assert they were ensnared by an FBI informant and had no intention of participating in such schemes. Six months after their arrest, Narseal Batiste, the lead defendant, sent a 25 page letter to the media, explaining his position.
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