Juror removed at NYC synagogue bomb plot trial
James Cromitie, center, is led by police officers from a federal building in Manhattan after being arrested in connection with a plot to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down military aircraft, officials said. (May 21, 2009) Credit: AP
A juror has been removed at the trial of four men caught in an FBI terror sting, but deliberations will go on.
A judge dismissed the juror on Tuesday after learning last week that the juror had accidentally seen a document that wasn’t in evidence.
After denying a defense motion for a mistrial, the judge ordered deliberations to continue with 11 jurors. Jurors are deliberating for a fourth day.
Prosecutors say James Cromitie hatched a plot with a paid FBI informant to bomb New York City synagogues, and recruited his three co-defendants to fire missiles at a New York military base.
The defense has said the government entrapped their clients.
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