BREAKING NEWS ~ Ex-professor acquitted on some terror charges News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ex-professor acquitted on some terror charges

[JURIST] AP is reporting that a federal jury has acquitted Sami Al-Arian [JURIST news archive; advocacy website], the former Florida professor accused of aiding Palestinian terrorists, on some counts but has deadlocked on others.

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