And the jury deadlocked on the remaining nine charges. Prosecutors will now decide whether they will retry him on the deadlocked counts.
After 70 state witnesses testified against him, and his own lawyer called zero witnesses in his defense, Sami Al-Arian has beat the rap.
It's like he's won the lottery. Good thing there's no actual pay-out, because he'd just piss it all away blowing up Jews.
If this was a test of our ability to prosecute terrorists and their supporters, we have failed miserably.
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