Judge sequesters jury in Dix plot trial

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Judge sequesters jury in Dix plot trial
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Dec 16, 2008 21:52:23 EST

CAMDEN, N.J. — A judge ordered a jury sequestered Tuesday as they begin deliberations in the case of five men accused of plotting an attack on the Army’s Fort Dix.

Jurors told Judge Robert Kugler that they wanted to wait until Wednesday to begin deliberations in the case, which mostly focused on hundreds of secret recordings and the credibility of the informants who made them.

Lawyers completed closing arguments in U.S. District Court on Tuesday evening.

The five defendants — all foreign-born Muslims who lived for years in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill — are charged with conspiring to kill military personnel and attempted murder. Four of them also face weapons charges. They face life in prison if convicted.

There was no attack before the men were arrested in May 2007.


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