[CedarDave]

Jury foreman John J. Turner summed up the acquittal: "The jurors felt the prosecution never really proved their case within a reasonable doubt."
    Afterward, jurors sent thank-you cards to defense attorneys Bob Gorence and Tim Padilla, who organized a post-trial get-together last week at a local restaurant.
    "It gave us a chance to meet the parents of David Hudak, whom we had seen in the courtroom but never met," Turner said.
   

Jack-booted thugs comes to mind when I read this article. It's too bad it took 15 months to get him cleared and another week to get INS to release him. You know the government never had a chance to win this when the jurors send thank-you cards to the defense attorneys!

[CedarDave]

Hudak missed the jury party because the U.S. Bureau of Immigration Customs Enforcement had ordered Hudak detained without bond for an alleged visa violation. He was transferred to an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where he spent an extra week in custody.

The alleged visa violation, as I understand it, was that he had over-extended his visa, which he did because he was in jail without bond!!