Jury being chosen for Fla. terror trial
MIAMI (AP) – Jurors are being selected in Miami for the third trial of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys are making final choices for the 12-person panel Wednesday. They began interviewing prospective panelists Jan. 27 but the ethnic makeup of the panel has been contentious because all six defendants are black.
Two previous trials of the “Liberty City Six” have ended in mistrials, with a seventh man acquitted after the first trial. Prosecutors say they sought to ignite an anti-government war by staging major terror attacks.
Alleged ringleader Narseal Batiste testified he was faking interest in terrorism to get money from an FBI informant posing as an al-Qaida operative.