Federal Judge in Los Angeles Dismisses Terrorism Fund-Raising Case Against Seven Iranians The Associated PressPublished: Jun 22, 2002 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge dismissed charges Friday against seven Iranians accused of using a charity scam to solicit $1 million for a terrorist group. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Takasugi said that unconstitutional measures were used to put the case together. In throwing out the 59-count indictment, Takasugi wrote that the government's system for designating a group as a terrorist organization violated the defendants' rights to due process. The designation thus cannot be used in the criminal prosecution, the...
