Miami: Terror trial jury, still split, calls it day

[BuyingThyme]

Terror trial jury, still split, calls it day

Posted on Tue, Dec. 11, 2007
BY JAY WEAVER AND LUISA YANEZ
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Jurors in the homegrown terrorism trial of seven Miami men charged with waging war against the United States were unable to reach a verdict on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard sent the 12 jurors home for the night shortly after 5 p.m. with orders to return Wednesday for an eighth day of deliberations.

The jurors will resume deliberations Wednesday.

The defendants -- all young, black men arrested amid much fanfare in June 2006 on four terrorism-related conspiracy offenses, including sedition -- face up to 70 years in prison.

The Bush administration publicized the case as a victory against homegrown terrorism after their arrests.

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