Jury Deliberations Continue In Terror Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Twin Cities jury will continue deliberating the fate of three Minnesota terror suspects Thursday.
Prosecutors charged Abdirahman Daud, Mohamed Farah and Guled Omar with trying to join ISIS. They argued the three defendants also knew they would be killing people once they got there.
Jurors will be deliberating to determine if Daud, Farah and Omar are guilty of the follow charges:
All three have been charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit murder outside the United States and conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Daud has been charged with one count each of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and perjury
Farah has been charged with two counts of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and one count each of perjury and false statements.
Omar has also been charged with two counts of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and one count of attempted financial aid fraud.
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The jury of five men and seven women will have to weigh weeks of testimony as well as 350 exhibits shown in court.
The jury deliberated for just over two hours Wednesday before going home. They will return to court at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
If convicted on all counts, the three young men could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.