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"The arrest of Mohammad Salameh, an illegal Palestinian immigrant, and three other Arab men in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing set off the first major 'Muslim scare' in New York City history. It was in this atmosphere that the four defendants were indicted and stood trial for the terrorist act. I was a public defender with New York's Legal Aid Society at the time and by chance was assigned to represent the lead suspect, Salameh. The high-profile case snapped me out of my midcareer doldrums. Salameh was the ultimate underdog, and I was determined to ensure that he received a fair trial before an impartial jury. Unfortunately, the key court actors-judge, prosecutors, and defense lawyers-failed to meet this challenge. <p>Terrorism defendants are not predestined to receive unfair trials. If we are alert to the stress factors that can undermine impartiality, we can take measures to avoid transforming the potential for injustice into the actuality of an unfair proceeding."-from the Preface</p> <p>This is the inside story of an epic courtroom showdown between terrorism and the American legal system. On a snowy day in February 1993, a massive car bomb nearly toppled th

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Author

Robert Edward Precht

Publisher

Ithaca: Cornell University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801441554

Category

law

Subjects

Law, Memoir, History

Rating

5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14