RESPECT THE COURT VERDICT, FREE SAMI AL ARIAN
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As a US citizen I am most concerned about preserving the American way of life which, above all, includes rule of law and equal justice for all.
On Tuesday, December 6th, a Tampa, Florida jury acquitted Al-Arian of eight of the 17 counts against him, including a key charge of conspiring to maim and murder people overseas. The jury had deadlocked on other charges 10 to 2 in Al-Arians favor.
Two of Al-Arian's co-defendants were acquitted entirely, and a third was acquitted on most counts, with jurors deadlocked on several others.
In the end, not a single guilty verdict was returned after a ten year investigation and a six-month trial that included more than 80 witnesses and 400 transcripts of intercepted phone conversations and faxes.
A headline in the Washington Post, dated Dec 14, says it all: Ex-Professor Won Court Case but Not His Freedom.
I fully appreciate your efforts to keep America safe but it should not be at the expensive of equal justice for all.
I emphatically urge you to respect the verdict and to let Al-Arian become a living symbol of Americas open, pluralistic and justice-based society. Such a gesture will allow America to credibly advocate for the right to free speech in countries around the world that lack such freedoms.
This verdict has created a reservoir of goodwill for the United States. Many observers believe that this could have a global impact on winning the hearts and minds of Muslims by demonstrating that America is a nation in which the judiciary can be independent of political pressures, and citizens serving on juries can reach a verdict based on the evidence, not on fear or prejudice.
Please accept the verdict of the Florida court and set Prof Sami Al-Arian free.
On Tuesday, December 6th, a Tampa, Florida jury acquitted Al-Arian of eight of the 17 counts against him, including a key charge of conspiring to maim and murder people overseas. The jury had deadlocked on other charges 10 to 2 in Al-Arians favor.
Two of Al-Arian's co-defendants were acquitted entirely, and a third was acquitted on most counts, with jurors deadlocked on several others.
In the end, not a single guilty verdict was returned after a ten year investigation and a six-month trial that included more than 80 witnesses and 400 transcripts of intercepted phone conversations and faxes.
A headline in the Washington Post, dated Dec 14, says it all: Ex-Professor Won Court Case but Not His Freedom.
I fully appreciate your efforts to keep America safe but it should not be at the expensive of equal justice for all.
I emphatically urge you to respect the verdict and to let Al-Arian become a living symbol of Americas open, pluralistic and justice-based society. Such a gesture will allow America to credibly advocate for the right to free speech in countries around the world that lack such freedoms.
This verdict has created a reservoir of goodwill for the United States. Many observers believe that this could have a global impact on winning the hearts and minds of Muslims by demonstrating that America is a nation in which the judiciary can be independent of political pressures, and citizens serving on juries can reach a verdict based on the evidence, not on fear or prejudice.
Please accept the verdict of the Florida court and set Prof Sami Al-Arian free.
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Agha Saeed
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Dr. Mirsad Mujovic
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Abdelhaleem Ashqar
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Raed Khader
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Deborah Potter
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- Dunn Loring
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Farhad
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- Free Al Arian
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- San Diego
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Zaheer Shaik
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- U.S is still the land of the free and the home of the brave
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- St.Louis
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Hope Marston
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- On this, the anniversary of the passage of the Bill of Rights in 1789, please accord Sami Al-Arian the Freedom of Speech guaranteed in our Constitution by ceasing to prosecute him for his political views.
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- Eugene
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Harry R. Bissell Jr.
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- "Let my people GO !!!"
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Waqar H. Roomani
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Bader El-Ghussein
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Abdul Sattar
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Omar Mojaddedi
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Abdallah Omeish
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Hamdi Rifai, Esq.
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- A democracy stands on its ability to admit its wrongs. The jury has spoken and told us that the prosecutors are wrong. Now it is time to recognize that wrong and release Mr. Al-Arian before any more damage is done to him and his family.
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Chaddy
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ghazi y. khankan
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Arsalan Suleman
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Ashraf El-Ezz
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Taha Mzoughi
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Yasamin Noorzay
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Lisa Regalado
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Abbas Metwalli
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Mohammad Smidi
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- Surely, the President whose hands are soaked with blood will do the right thing.
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Samir Kakli
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- Sincerely
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Merlin Swartz
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Saleh Mubarak
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Abdul Razak Aziz
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Hodari Abdul-Ali
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Muhammad Ismail
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Dean Labriny
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- We appreciate your help
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Aref Assaf
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- Denville
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Moiez Khan
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Salman Saeed
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- Virginia
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George Dardess
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Bilal Athar Rathur
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- Sami Al Arian has suffered for too long, already. Let him go back to his family and career. Respect the verdict of the courts.
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- Bloomfield Hills
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- Michigan
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Fazal Hussain, MD
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Tariq Butt
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- Chandler
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khaled Bannout
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sharifa ma
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Isma'il Kamal
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- Free Sami Now!!
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Ian Benouis
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- Austin
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- TX
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Abdul Sankari
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- Lafayette
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- Indiana
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Ash Momin
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Rodrigo V. Torres
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- Sacramento
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Aydin Yesildirek
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- Erie
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Clyde Alan Farris
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- West Linn
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Mohammad Othman
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Irshad Rana
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- respect the rule of law
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Sara Powell
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- if we don't use torture then we must quit torturing sami al arian and all others like him
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- annandale
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- va
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