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July 7, 2008, 01:14 PM ET
Muslim Charity Lawyers Ask Judge to Dismiss Case
Lawyers representing the former leaders of a Muslim charity that was accused of supporting terrorism have asked a judge to dismiss the case, which ended in a mistrial in October, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Defense lawyers for the five former leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which was in Richardson, Tex., accused the prosecution of fostering disagreement among the jurors by leaving materials related to the case in the jury room. They said that was grounds to dismiss the case, rather than retry it in September as planned.
Prosecutors said their staff members had put exhibits and some other materials in the jury room but had done so inadvertently and that the case should proceed as planned.
The former leaders of the charity are accused of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The U.S. government designated Hamas a terrorist group in 1995, making financial transactions with it illegal. Lawyers for the foundation said the group was a legitimate charity that helped Muslim children and families who had bee left homeless or poor by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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