The last time a major terrorism trial took place in Detroit, the prosecution didn’t fare so well. The 2003 convictions of four North African immigrants facing terrorism charges were overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct, and the lead assistant U.S. attorney on the case lost his job.
This time around, lawyers say, things should go more smoothly for federal prosecutors handling the case of the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a plane en route to Detroit on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was charged in a six-count criminal indictment Wednesday, is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court today.
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