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 lengthy 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.

This has been one of costliest courts cases in the history of Florida, if not the Untied States. Investigative journalist John Sugg has estimated that the decade-long investigation and trail of Al-Arian has cost the taxpayers more than fifty million dollars. It would make no sense to spend millions more.

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.

562 Signatures

  • Agha Saeed
  • abdelhaleem ashqar
  • Dr. Mirsad Mujovic
  • johar
  • Raed Khader
  • Waqar Q
  • Deborah Potter
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  • Deborah Potter
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  • Deborah Potter
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  • moina shaiq
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  • Farhad
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    • Free Al Arian
  • zaheer shaik
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    • U.S is still the land of the free and the home of the brave
  • hamid feroze
  • Hope Marston
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    • Mr. Al-Arian is being prosecuted because of his words. On this, the anniversary of the passage of the Bill of Rights in 1789, respect for Freedom of Speech should be accorded to all -- including Sami Al-Arian.
  • Waqar H. Roomani
  • Harry R. Bissell Jr.
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    • Justice is done when the innocent are made whole !!!
  • Shariq Abdul Ghani
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  • Bader El-Ghussein
  • Abdul Sattar
  • Omar Mojaddedi
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    • Free at Last, Free at Last
  • Abdallah Omeish
  • Chaddy
  • ghazi y. khankan
  • Farook Chandiwala
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    • Wake up America, set a good example to the whole world; set Al-Arian free
  • Falaah Muqtadir
  • Dr. Falaah Abdul-Muqtadir
  • Arsalan Suleman
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  • Ashraf El-Ezz
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  • Taha Mzoughi
  • Yasamin Noorzay
  • Avaes Mohammad
  • Lisa Regalado
  • Zarina Bhatia
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    • Behave like a civilised state, America! Free Al-Arain
  • A bbas Metwalli
  • Mohammad Smidi
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    • It is troubling that we are signing a petition for one's freedom to the Attorney General who authorized the torture of those who this government labeled broadly as terrorists. Shame on you, Mr. Attorney General.
  • Samir Kakli
  • Merlin Swartz
  • Saleh Mubarak
  • Abdul Razak Aziz
  • Hodari Abdul-Ali
  • Muhammad Ismail
  • Iqtidar Khan
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  • Iqtidar Khan
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  • Tanveer Papa
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    • The jury acquitted this honorable man, you must do everything in your power to re-unite him with his family.
  • Aref Assaf
  • Salman Saeed
  • Moiez Khan
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  • George Dardess
  • Fazal Hussain, MD
  • Dr. Farooq Akbar. M.D
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    • As AG, I expect you to uphold the Courts Decision on Al Arian.