November 2, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Al-Arian trial’s end in sight after 5 months By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here Tuesday afternoon, nearly five months into the conspiracy trial of Sami Al-Arian, attorneys mounting a defense for the last two co-defendants rested their cases. The prosecution put on a brief[Read More…]
Nov. 9, 2005 St. Petersburg Times A defense attorney says the government has edited and spun the defendants’ words to create a false impression of ties to terrorism. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – Federal prosecutor Cherie Krigsman ended the government’s case against Sami Al-Arian Tuesday with these[Read More…]
Nov. 10, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Support for the Palestinians does not mean support of terror, the former USF professor’s lawyer tells jurors. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – The case for Sami Al-Arian is over. His attorney, Bill Moffitt, finished his closing argument on Al-Arian’s behalf Wednesday[Read More…]
Nov. 11, 2005 St. Petersburg Times The defendants’ attorneys present their “cycle of nonsense” to refute the prosecution’s “cycle of terror.” By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – For the third day in a row, defense attorneys in the Sami Al-Arian trial hammered home the message at the core[Read More…]
Nov. 15, 2005 St. Petersburg Times A juror accused of making pro-government remarks is replaced by the alternate who complained about him. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – As the Sami Al-Arian trial headed to the jury Monday, the judge made an abrupt change that could affect the[Read More…]
Nov. 15, 2005 St. Petersburg Times After five months of testimony and battling health problems, William Moffitt says he is totally exhausted from the long hours. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – In the last month of the Sami Al-Arian trial, the judge has been keeping a close[Read More…]
Nov. 24, 2005 St. Petersburg Times A lawyer for one of the defendants files the motion, citing an unofficial poll that surfaced last week in the jury room. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – Jurors in the five-month federal trial of Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants finished six[Read More…]
Dec. 2, 2005 The Chronicle of Higher Education Sami Al-Arian’s children wait for the jury to decide his fate. By John Gravois Link: Click here The day before the first real cold snap hit New York in November, Laila Al-Arian was running through the 13th floor of the Manhattan Criminal[Read More…]
Dec. 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Sami Al-Arian promised his wife in their early days that their lives might be hard. On Tuesday, it seemed worth it. By Vanessa Gezari Link: Click here TAMPA – When the call came Tuesday, Nahla Al-Arian was on her knees. For days she had[Read More…]
Dec. 10, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Sami Al-Arian’s daughters Laila, 23, Leena, 20, and his son Ali, 15, try to stay focused on their lives through the ups and downs. By Vanessa Gezari Link: Click here At 7:36 a.m. Thursday, a day and a half after the verdict, Laila Al-Arian[Read More…]
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