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| 2012-06-28 | |
| Updated/1:35p.m. After nearly two hours of deliberation the jury found Khalid Aldawsari guilty of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Sentencing will be on October 9 in Amarillo. __________________ Closing arguments from the defense and the prosecution wrapped up Wednesday morning in the trial of Lubbock terrorism suspect Khalid Aldawsari. The former Texas Tech and South Plains College student from Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face... is charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. At the start of the trial, the defense painted the accused as a failure who wasn't planning an attack, and wouldn't have succeeded in carrying one out. In closing statements, prosecutors say this isn't about the defendant being a failure, citing the fact he got into college. They point out there were obvious steps toward committing the crime: prosecutors say he watched instructional videos on making a bomb 198 times and had more than 200 pages of notes. He was one ingredient short of constructing the bomb. On the morning of his arrest, the defendant prayed for martyrdom and killing, saying he would not have stopped until he detonated a bomb on American soil. Defense attorney Dan Cogdell claims there is a lot of evidence, but no answers. He told the jury there is no evidence of any set target, where the defendant was going to make the bomb, and that his client did not have all the materials to construct the bomb. "Hate him to his core, hate him to his dying day, but don't convict him on misinformation they failed to prove," Cogdell said. "Khalid Aldawsari is not guilty on what he is charged with." The prosecution spent several days presenting their case. The defense presented no evidence and called no witnesses to testify. The jury is deliberating the case. Check back here for details.
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