That was Jackie Arango closing today in the Liberty City 7 case.
Lots of coverage here (Miami Herald), here (Sun-Sentinel), and here (AP).
From the Sun-Sentinel article:
Arango urged jurors to reject defense claims that the group's leader Narseal Batiste only pretended to be a terrorist in a fraud to extort money from the informant.
"A fraud is trying to get you to buy into something that is patently not true," Arango said. "That is the only fraud going on here."
The men, struggling construction workers who hung out in a Liberty City warehouse, are charged with trying to join forces with al-Qaida in plots to bomb the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI headquarters in North Miami Beach.
If convicted, each faces up to 70 years in prison.The jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday after defense lawyers complete their closing arguments.
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God, or Allah help if the 12 people on the jury think these dudes were serious terrorists.
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