They'll Keep On Trying To Convict These Patsies Until It Sticks
Prosecutors to pursue third trial against Liberty City 7
Federal prosecutors have announced they will pursue a third trial in the case of the Liberty City 7— seven black men fighting bogus charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism.
The announcement came after a Miami jury remained deadlocked after 13 days of deliberation on the case of the six remaining defendants. One of the seven, Lyglenson Lemorin, had been acquitted in late 2007. This is the second time U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard was forced to declare a mistrial because the prosecution could not prove its case.
The five African Americans and two Haitian immigrants originally charged are from the Miami, Fla., Liberty City neighborhood—one of the most deeply impoverished areas in the country.
In a twisted case of entrapment, an FBI-paid informant posed as a man with connections to Al-Qaeda who would pay the men $50,000 to work with him. The informant set up the group in a government-funded and wired warehouse, where they recorded over a thousand hours of conversations between the men and the informants.
The seven men never had any connection to any maps, written plans or weapons that would actually enable them to carry out such an attack; and, the only connection they had with Al-Qaeda was the phony one supplied by the U.S. government. Nevertheless, in June 2006, police and FBI agents descended on the staged warehouse and arrested the men, charging them with several counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism."
Federal prosecutors have announced they will pursue a third trial in the case of the Liberty City 7— seven black men fighting bogus charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism.
The announcement came after a Miami jury remained deadlocked after 13 days of deliberation on the case of the six remaining defendants. One of the seven, Lyglenson Lemorin, had been acquitted in late 2007. This is the second time U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard was forced to declare a mistrial because the prosecution could not prove its case.
The five African Americans and two Haitian immigrants originally charged are from the Miami, Fla., Liberty City neighborhood—one of the most deeply impoverished areas in the country.
In a twisted case of entrapment, an FBI-paid informant posed as a man with connections to Al-Qaeda who would pay the men $50,000 to work with him. The informant set up the group in a government-funded and wired warehouse, where they recorded over a thousand hours of conversations between the men and the informants.
The seven men never had any connection to any maps, written plans or weapons that would actually enable them to carry out such an attack; and, the only connection they had with Al-Qaeda was the phony one supplied by the U.S. government. Nevertheless, in June 2006, police and FBI agents descended on the staged warehouse and arrested the men, charging them with several counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism."
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