Retrial begins in Sears Tower case
From Times Wire Reports
A retrial began in Miami for six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower, a case a defense attorney alleged was a “setup” by federal officials hungry for a high-profile terrorism case.
The first trial of the “Liberty City Seven” ended in December in a hung jury for six defendants and the acquittal of a seventh, who is being deported to Haiti because of the accusations.
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