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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 10:52 PM
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US jurors examine Saudi student's `terror' Web site
AP , BOISE, IDAHO
Saturday, May 15, 2004,Page 6

A federal judge handed a major blow to a Saudi student accused of terrorism, allowing jurors to see inflammatory Web sites that allegedly had been posted from his home computer.

The government claims the Web sites prove that Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a computer science graduate student at the University of Idaho, used his computer skills to foster terrorism.

US District Judge Edward Lodge ruled Thursday that the evidentiary value of the Web sites, which contain articles extolling suicide bombings in defense of Islam, outweighed their prejudicial value against Al-Hussayen.

"These exhibits are no doubt prejudicial," Lodge said. But, "the court is not to weigh the evidence," because that is for the jury.

Defense Attorney David Nevin had argued the material was intended to force jurors to infer without proof that Al-Hussayen supported ideas that he says the government believes are unacceptable. He then argued advocating such opinions is not a criminal act.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/05/15/2003155575

Wow, this student isn't going to get a fair jury with a bunch NRA, prejudice, red necks from ID!
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