[Ppnews] Muhammad Salah sentenced to 21 months in Chicago

[Political Prisoner News]

Judge in Chicago gives Salah 21 months for obstruction of justice
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Associated Press - July 11, 2007 2:14 PM ET

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago today handed down a 
21-month sentence for a medical van driver convicted of obstruction of justice.

Fifty-4-year-old Muhammad Salah was also ordered to pay a $25,000 
fine and do a hundred hours of community service.

A federal jury in Chicago deliberated for 14 days earlier this year 
before acquitting Salah and another man on racketeering conspiracy 
charges that accused them of furnishing money and fresh recruits to 
the Hamas (huh-MAHS') terrorist organization.

But Salah was convicted of obstruction of justice for giving false 
answers during a civil lawsuit.

US District Judge Amy St. Eve today told Salah that telling the truth 
is the "bedrock of our judicial system" and the judge said a stiff 
sentence was needed to provide a deterrent.

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