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To: WaveSeeker who wrote (367759)3/8/2003 1:42:07 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Respond to of 769670
 
His lawyer Jerome Lynch urged the judge to pass a light sentence and read letters from several people who described el-Faisal as a kind man who helped others in his community and did not preach hate.

He said the preacher had never been warned his speech might violate the law and that there was no evidence either he or any of his followers had links to terrorism.


washingtonpost.com

This is clearly a civil rights violation.