DALLAS (AP) - A federal judge is declining to dismiss an indictment against the former leaders of a Muslim charity accused of financing terrorism.
Defense attorneys had argued that materials left by prosecutors in the jury room during deliberations in the trial of Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development created a rift among jurors that unfairly forced last fall’s mistrial after 19 days of deliberations.
Prosecutors countered that the materials, most of which were shown to jurors during the two-month trial as learning aids to navigate the hundreds of pieces of admitted evidence, were placed in the jury room by mistake.
The federal judge yesterday backed the government’s argument that those materials didn’t cause the mistrial. A retrial is scheduled for Sept. 8. Read more ...
Defense attorneys had argued that materials left by prosecutors in the jury room during deliberations in the trial of Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development created a rift among jurors that unfairly forced last fall’s mistrial after 19 days of deliberations.
Prosecutors countered that the materials, most of which were shown to jurors during the two-month trial as learning aids to navigate the hundreds of pieces of admitted evidence, were placed in the jury room by mistake.
The federal judge yesterday backed the government’s argument that those materials didn’t cause the mistrial. A retrial is scheduled for Sept. 8. Read more ...
Source: AP