Deadlocked Jury Forces 2nd Mistrial In Miami Terrorism Case
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MIAMI — The second trial of six men accused of plotting attacks on Chicago’s Sears Tower and FBI offices ended with a second hung jury yesterday, an embarrassing blow to a case the Bush administration had cited as an example of nipping a devastating terrorist attack in the bud.
U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard declared a mistrial when jurors reported they were deadlocked after 13 days of deliberations in the case of the so-called “Liberty City Seven.”
