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| Lawyer: Terror suspect's rights violated |
| 2005-06-14 |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13 (UPI) -- A lawyer for a Somali asylum-seeker has asked a federal judge to bar prosecutors from using statements his client made to the FBI after his arrest in Ohio. Lawyer Maher Sherif told the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch that the entire case against Nuradin Abdi comes from the defendant. After Abdi's arrest, Attorney General John Ashcroft said publicly that he had planned to blow up a shopping mall in Columbus. But the formal charges include lying to federal authorities about an alleged 1999 visit to a terrorist training camp in Ethiopia and immigration violations. According to Sherif, the FBI held Abdi for several days in 2003 without telling him he was a suspect or notifying him of his rights and obtained an arrest warrant only after he had made incriminating statements. Sherif has also asked to have the trial moved out of Ohio because of the government's mall claim. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Sharif hasn't mentioned yet that if aquitted he will immediately file a civil suit and want many millions of dollars. I say guilty and gone to skinnyland. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-14 13:44 |
| #6 Raj, I wouldn't be surprised if Maher Sherif weren't being paid by the local jihadi-wannabes. More cash available there than from the government. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-06-14 12:53 |
| #5 "Gravytrain" is a relative word. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-06-14 11:59 |
| #4 If I had to place a bet, I'd wager there isn't a lot of fee income you could generate from a Somali refugee, and government reimbursement (if there's any) doesn't exactly scream 'gravy train', either. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-06-14 10:52 |
| #3 Oh nooooooo. If he's deported to Skinnyland he ain't gonna be paying any fees. Sherif don't like it. Sherif's hoping it can be dragged out meaning more time and more fees for appeals and public pronouncements to the media about the horror. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-06-14 10:34 |
| #2 So grant the shyster's motion and turn the clown over to immigration and deport him. Is that what he wants? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-06-14 10:10 |
| #1 Asylum-seeker who told the FBI he was a badboy? No asylum DW! You no savy. Counselor Sherif should clarify whether it was the right to be free from the consequences of personal idiocy, the right to lie on asylum applications, or the right to foolish counsel that was violated. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-06-14 09:37 |