Landmark terror trial ends in not-guilty verdict on all but one count

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(CNN) -- Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was acquitted Wednesday of all but one count of conspiracy-related charges, in a landmark civilian trial involving the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in civilian court.

Ghailani was convicted by a federal jury on a charge of conspiracy to destroy buildings and U.S. property, in connection with his role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

The trial had been widely considered a testing ground for the Obama administration, which has said that it could try some terrorism suspects outside military tribunals and in civilian courts.

The U.S. Justice Department responded to the verdict in a written statement, saying, "We respect the jury's verdict and are pleased that Ahmed Ghailani now faces a minimum of 20 years in prison and a potential life sentence for his role in the embassy bombings."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/17/ny.terror.trial/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

[MadHound]

1. Good, justice served n/t

[NuclearDem]

2. But...but...but...

we can't have terrorists in American courts! Their friends will blow us up!

:sarcasm:

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[FrenchieCat]

4. It's all Obama's fault!