Aug. 30, 2005 St. Petersburg Times One juror sent a note to the judge saying some jurors had been discussing their opinions on the trial. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA– Was there jury misconduct? That is the question the federal judge in the trial of Sami Al-Arian and[Read More…]
St.Petersburg Times Sept. 23, 2005 by Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA– The trial of Dr. Sami Al-Arian reached a new low last week when Judge James Moody made a controversial decision allowing the prosecution to use web sites as evidence. Defense attorneys for Dr. Al-Arian and three other men[Read More…]
Oct. 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times The defense isn’t supposed to talk about violence against Palestinians, but that’s what it brought to jurors’ attention by focusing on translation errors. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA -A defense attorney at the trial of Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants used evidence[Read More…]
Oct. 25 , 2005 Counterpunch.org By John Sugg Link: Click here OK, for a start, there really is no “Judith Miller and me,” at least in the sense that I’d invite her to my birthday party. But I have talked to her on the phone a few times (nothing to[Read More…]
October 28, 2005 St. Petersburg Times by Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – As the prosecution rested Thursday in the trial of Sami Al-Arian, his attorney, Bill Moffitt, stood up to begin the defense. Or so those in the courtroom thought. Moffitt stunned the room: “On behalf of Dr.[Read More…]
November 1, 2005 St. Petersburg Times The father of a co-defendant in the Al-Arian trial says money from U.S. Islamic groups was honorably spent. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – Where exactly did the money raised by the defendants go? That’s the question at the heart of the[Read More…]
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…]
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