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12/09/2005:

"Acquitted terror accused may be deported"

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. federal agents may retry or seek to deport to the Middle East a former Florida professor who was acquitted on terrorism charges.

A Tampa, Fla., jury on Tuesday acquitted Sami al-Arian on some of the criminal counts and remained deadlocked on others. If he is retried, it could be on all or some of these counts, reports The New York Times.

If he is not retried, law enforcement officials, still stunned by the acquittal, told the newspaper they may bring separate immigration charges leading to his deportation.

The trail lasted five months but the jury could not reach any guilty verdicts against Arian or three co-defendants on accusations that they ran a North American front for Palestinian terrorists. Arian's vocal support for militant Palestinian causes had put him under U.S. surveillance since the early 1990's. Muslims in Florida and around the country celebrated the verdicts.
upi.com

Seems like those Muslims care more about the rule of law than the average American.