The Chronicle of Higher Education

Jury Acquits Sami Al-Arian on Some Terrorism Charges, Deadlocks on Others

By JOHN GRAVOIS

A federal jury found Sami Al-Arian not guilty on eight charges of terrorism on Tuesday and deadlocked on nine other counts against the former professor.

Mr. Al-Arian, who was fired in 2003 from a tenured post in computer engineering at the University of South Florida, was accused of conspiring...

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