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Supreme Court Will Not Address Dr. Al-Arian's Appeal<br>
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size=3><b>Washington, DC - October 7, 2008
-</b> Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari
for Dr. Sami Al-Arian's petition regarding the plea agreement he
concluded with the government more than two years ago. While this
development is unfortunate, it should nevertheless be borne in mind that
out of more than 2,000 cases, the Supreme Court has only agreed to accept
ten cases during the current term. <br>
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Dr. Al-Arian has steadfastly
maintained that the terms of his plea agreement exempt him from having to
testify before any federal grand jury. On June 26th, government
prosecutors charged Dr. Al-Arian with criminal contempt for refusing to
testify in a federal grand jury investigating a Virginia-based Islamic
think-tank. Although the trial was originally scheduled for August 13th,
Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia had the trial
postponed until the Supreme Court addressed Dr. Al-Arian's appeal.
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In a move considered unprecedented
by various legal experts, Assistant US Attorney Gordon Kromberg had
modified the Congressionally-mandated wording of the immunity order.
Kromberg maintains that he was attempting to improve on the language of
the immunity order, while Dr. Al-Arian's attorneys Professor Jonathan
Turley from George Washington University, and Will Olson and PJ Meitl of
Bryan Cave, argue that this move is completely unconstitutional. For her
part, the Judge has said that the prosecutor's action "has taken
this case into uncharted waters" and has accordingly asked both
sides to submit the relevant briefs for her consideration.<br>
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It is expected that a pre-trial
hearing will be held on this very issue later this month. More updates
will be sent out in the near future with more information on how to
help.<br><br>
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