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SAMI AL-ARIAN TRIAL: The week in review
By Times Staff
Published November 21, 2005
Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants Sameeh Hammoudeh, Hatem Fariz and Ghassan Ballut are on trial in federal court, accused of using Islamic charities as fronts in a conspiracy to finance terrorist attacks by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has claimed responsibility for killing hundreds of people in Israel and the occupied territories. The St. Petersburg Time s is providing a weekly summary highlighting last week's important developments.
THE LATEST: As the 51-count case headed to the jury Monday, U.S. District Judge James S. Moody announced that a juror whom two other jurors had accused of being biased in favor of the government would not take part in deliberations. He was replaced by an alternate juror who complained about him in late August. The jury began deliberating Tuesday, after 22 weeks in court. They elected a foreman, agreed to meet Monday through Thursday, and set to work. Deliberations continued quietly through Thursday.
WHAT'S NEXT: The jury takes up the case again today. They are expected to continue deliberations through Wednesday, with Thursday off for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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