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Criminal

Oct. 6, 2017

Judge orders that two Pakistanis get visas to testify for man convicted on terrorism charges

A federal judge has ordered that two men from Pakistan be given visas to testify as alibi witnesses in an ineffective counsel case brought by a Lodi man convicted of providing material support to terrorists.

Judge orders that two Pakistanis get visas to testify for man convicted on terrorism charges
U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes tells government to allow visas for two Pakistanis the defense says will give evidence to help prove their client did not give material support to terrorists.

SACRAMENTO — A federal judge has ordered that two men from Pakistan be given visas to testify as alibi witnesses in an ineffective counsel case brought by a Lodi man convicted of providing material support to terrorists.

Hamid Hayat was charged with being part of an alleged terrorist sleeper cell and sentenced to 24 years in prison in 2006. The government’s case was based partly on the testimony of a paid FBI informant and a confess...

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