Hussayen Acquitted
by TChris
In a resounding rejection of the government's ambitious use of the Patriot Act against a computer science student who helped maintain websites that the government claimed were used to recruit terrorists, a jury has acquitted Sami Omar Al-Hussayen of charges that he provided expert assistance to terrorists.
Al-Hussayen ... was acquitted on all three terrorism counts, as well as one count of making a false statement and two counts of visa fraud. Jurors could not reach verdicts on three more false statement counts and five additional visa fraud counts, and a mistrial was declared on those charges.
TalkLeft's background on this misguided prosecution is collected here. Kudos to Hussayen's attorneys for protecting not only their client, but liberty and freedom of speech, as well.
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