Jury Begins Deliberating in Africa Terrorism Case
A federal jury began deliberating on whether four followers of Saudi exile Osama bin Laden are guilty of participating in a terrorist conspiracy that culminated in the August 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
Judge Leonard Sand wrapped up the three-month trial after reading 140 pages of instructions to the jury.
If convicted, two of the defendants, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, 27, and Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-’Owhali, 24, could face the death penalty--the first time that a federal court has considered the death penalty against a foreign terrorist targeting U.S. citizens abroad.
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