http://www.metafilter.com/tags/alarian Posts tagged with 'alarian' at MetaFilter. Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:12:48 -0800 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:12:48 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/47371/USF%2DProfessor%2Dacquitted <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20051207/cm_huffpost/011835;_ylt=A86.I0g9HZdDnqwAdhr9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--">USF Professor acquitted of terrorism charges --</a> After being in prison for 3 years--much of that time in solitary confinement--<a href=http://www.johnsugg.com/2005/11/alarian_speaks.html>Sami Al-Arian</a> was acquitted today of 8 "key charges" (there was a hung jury on 9 other charges). <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1207/dailyUpdate.html">In all</a>, there was not one guilty verdict out of the 51 charges against Al-Arian and the three other men. The prosecution brought forth 80 witnesses and recorded over 20,000 hours of tapped phone calls--the defense didn't call a single witness. <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/12/06/Tampabay/Not_guilty__but_not_o.shtml">Now</a> the government is trying to decide whether to retry him on the nine counts or to deport him to Israel--a move his attorney is calling "totally vindictive." tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47371 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:12:48 -0800 acquitted alarian sami terrorist USFprofessor whatgorilla