Update: Holy Land trial ends in mistrial

Posted by Anne on October 22, 2007 12:59 PM

From [1] AP

A judge declared a mistrial Monday for most former leaders of a Muslim charity accused of funding terrorism, after chaos broke out in the court when three jurors disputed the verdict that had been announced.

From [2] WFAA's Holy Land trial blog

11:35 a.m. The Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial ended in a mistrial Monday after the jurors deadlocked on most of the counts. But a government prosecutor said the Justice Department would retry the case.

Only one official – Mohammad El-Mezain, the Holy Land's original chairman and endowments director — was acquitted on most of the counts by a unanimous jury. But he could still face prosecution on a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism.


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[2] http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa071022_lj_holyland.196207508.html