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MIAMI, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A federal jury Thursday acquitted one of seven Florida men charged with conspiring to bomb Chicago's Sears Tower and was unable to reach a verdict on the rest.
U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard declared a mistrial for the remaining six defendants after the jury deadlocked nine days after starting its deliberations, The Miami Herald reported. Federal prosecutors indicated they would seek to retry the six defendants.
The seventh, Lyglenson Lemorin, was acquitted of four conspiracy charges related to domestic terrorism.
The "Liberty City 7" were accused of conspiring to wage a jihad, or holy war, against the United States, including a plot to attack the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago, the tallest building in North America and third tallest in the world, and FBI buildings.
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