JURIST - Paper Chase: BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush assassination plot suspect found guilty

[JURIST] AP is reporting that a federal jury has found Ahmed Omar Abu Ali [JURIST news archive] guilty of joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush [PDF indictment]. Abu Ali was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2003 and his trial began last month [JURIST report] after US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee denied [PDF opinion; JURIST report] Abu Ali's motion to suppress his confession, which Abu Ali claimed was the result of torture [JURIST report] at the hands of Saudi Arabian domestic security police. Abu Ali declined to take the stand in his own defense [AP report] before the defense rested last week. The 24-year-old Abu Ali could receive a life sentence. AP has more.

Previously in JURIST's Paper Chase...

Trial of Bush assassination plot suspect starts
Federal judge allows alleged torture confession in Bush assassination case
Saudi Arabia denies torturing man accused of plotting Bush assassination
Student accused in Bush assassination plot alleges Saudi torture led to confession
Taped confession of Bush assassination plot suspect shown in federal court
Federal judge orders al Qaeda suspect to produce evidence in Saudi torture claim
Federal judge says Bush plot suspect can be examined for signs of torture