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Al-Arian retrial pushed back till at least August
Associated Press
Published March 3, 2006
TAMPA - A retrial of former college professor Sami Al-Arian on terrorism conspiracy charges has been postponed until at least August, a judge ruled Thursday.
One of Al-Arian's attorneys, Linda Moreno, had asked that the second federal trial be delayed. She cited a pending motion she and co-counsel William Moffitt filed asking to withdraw from the case, and argued that any new attorneys who took the case would need more time to prepare for trial.
U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. also canceled three days of pretrial hearings scheduled for later this month.
Federal prosecutors have not announced definitively whether they will try the 48-year-old Al-Arian again on charges that he raised money and supported the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group responsible for hundreds of deaths. But they have said in recent hearings that they are preparing for a second trial.
In December, after six months of trial, a jury failed to convict Al-Arian on any of the charges against him.
He was acquitted of eight, with the jury deadlocking on nine others.
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