Mistrial in Sears Tower Bomb Plot Trial

ABC News ^ | Dec 13, 2007 | CURT ANDERSON

[Joiseydude]

One of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and a mistrial was declared for the six others after the federal jury deadlocked.

Federal prosecutor Richard Gregorie said the government plans to retry the six next year. The Bush administration had seized on the case to illustrate the dangers of homegrown terrorism and trumpet the government's post-Sept. 11 success in infiltrating and smashing terrorism plots in their earliest stages.

[paul51]

Sounds like a bad case from the get go. Have to wonder why the FBI and prosecutors would waste resources on a group of clowns like this when there are real threats out there.

[MNJohnnie]

The jury gave up on the other defendants after nine days of deliberations on four terrorism-related conspiracy charges that carry a combined maximum of 70 years in prison. The jury twice sent notes to the judge indicating they could not reach verdicts but were told to keep trying. The mistrial came after their third note.

Sounds like yet another instance of a Leftist juror using their domestic political agenda, rather then the facts, to determine guilt or innocence.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

WorldNetDaily reported today that the Holy Land Foundation mistrial was caused by a juror who, in a recent Dallas radio interview, revealed he actively sought a seat on the jury to sway the verdict against the government. He boasted that he fooled federal prosecutors into believing he would be sympathetic to their case. He’s ID’ed in the article.

[MizSterious]

So what do you suggest they do? Leave them to their own devices and let them keep trying until they actually do kill a lot of people?

[RC2]

Put WWII Vets on that jury and you would see a different verdict. It would be interesting to see the ages of people on that jury.

[buffyt]

Sad that they didn’t put them all in prison forever.

[Baladas]

Yes, I saw the WND article on that - guess a Hamas sympathizer lied again to help a fellow adherent of the religon of peace.

[paul51]

They sound like a bunch of morons that couldn’t tie their shoelaces without an FBI informant walking them through it. My take is they would have been out gathering cans if the FBI informant wasn’t egging them on.

[paul51]

Sounds like yet another instance of a Leftist juror using their domestic political agenda, rather then the facts, to determine guilt or innocence.

How do you figure that. Sounds more like the gov't had a crappy case

[Ann Archy]

Jurists can be TOTALLY STUPID.

[attiladhun2]

We can thank this and other mistrials and acquitals of known terrorists and their financial supporters on the steady drumbeat of Bush-bashing the msm has treated us to for the past 4 years. Thanks for making us less safe, you pitiful bunch of jerks.

[MizSterious]

Well, good. I hope they send them to pick up cans in YOUR neighborhood.

[TheThinker]

That’s when you tell the jury that they go to jail unless they offer up a verdict. It’s such a cop out and waste of time, money and unraveling of the whole damn system.

[paul51]

The people in my neighborhood won’t need the FBI or federal prosecutors to deal with it.

[EBH]

Uhm...? Isn’t that illegal and treason?

[jveritas]

That is why the war on terror cannot and must not be fought in courts.

[duckandcover]

Sure we can. Janet Reno says to treat it like any other misdemeanor.