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Mohammed Mohamud's Appeal Denied

Not long after President Trump attempted to point to Mohammed Mohamud, a Somali teen who was the target of an FBI sting operation involving a fake bomb at Pioneer Courthouse Square in 2010, to justify his Muslim travel ban, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Mohamud's appeal. His lawyers had asked a 3-judge panel to overturn the conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct and the entrapment of Mohamud. They did not, despite agreeing mistakes had been made (PPR #70). As for Trump, the Oregonian reports a US Attorney involved in the prosecution said "Mohamud's 'radicalization had precisely nothing to do with his refugee status' and... that the refugee community assisted federal investigators" (Patch.com via Oregonlive, March 7).

May, 2017
Also in PPR #71

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