United States v. Leon McAnderson Roosevelt Hawkins, Jeff Fort, Alan Knox and Reico Cranshaw

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1990-09-28

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BAUER, Chief Judge. Defendant-appellants, all members of the Chicago street gang the El Rukns, were convicted for their various roles in a conspiracy to commit terrorist acts throughout the United States in exchange for payment from the Libyan Government. The defendants contend that the jury which returned these convictions did not represent a fair cross section of the communi…

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