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December 08, 2005
U.S. May Try to Deport Professor Sami al-Arian
The New York Times reported today that Federal "Prosecutors said Wednesday [December 7, 2005] that they may still decide to re-try... former professor Sami Al-Arian on some or all of the nine criminal counts on which a jury in Tampa, Florida, deadlocked over on Tuesday," December 6, 2005.
"But if the government opts not to retry him," The Times reported, "officials said they would probably bring separate immigration charges that could result in his deportation - and which would require the government to meet a lower burden of proof against him."
I think Prosecutor Paul Perez's effort will be rejected if he attempts to deport the professor.
Here's The Times article. Here's a Justice Department press release on Al-Arian's February 20, 2002 arrest.
Posted by Munir Umrani at December 8, 2005 11:43 PM
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