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9/11 trial a death penalty test for NYC juries

TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists.

In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, 2001, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering.

Now comes a case unlike any other: the trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the United States' deadliest terrorist attack.

"If there was any case where a New York jury would impose the death penalty, this is it," said James Cohen, a law professor at Fordham University.

Nevertheless, a jury might steer clear of the death penalty — not out of any opposition to capital punishment, but out of fear of making a martyr out of Mohammed.

"We don't care about capital punishment," he said earlier this year at a Guantanamo Bay military hearing. "We are doing jihad for the cause of God.

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Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees

November 19, 2009

BEN FOX, Associated Press Writer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the...

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Feud not mentioned in Obama interview

November 19, 2009

DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel correspondent Major Garrett called himself a "conscientious objector" in his network's fight with the White House after...

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Jury selection begins in NYC concrete-test trial

November 19, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection has started for the racketeering trial of a company accused of doctoring concrete strength tests for ground zero's signature tower, the new Yankee Stadium and other...

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Finger pointing, but no deal on NY's deficit

November 19, 2009

MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A day after the latest missed deadline to act on a worsening $3.

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Ex-lawyer ordered to prison on terror conviction

November 19, 2009

LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — A disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case should report to prison by Thursday after an appeals court upheld her conviction...

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