Scientist jailed in Calif. cleared for freedom
A scientist whose conviction for violating the Iran trade embargo was tossed out was set to be freed Wednesday after a judge promised to sign an order drawn up by lawyers in the case./ U.S. District Judge John Keenan said he would sign the order freeing Mahmoud Reza Banki while prosecutors appeal an Oct. 24 federal appeals court decision that tossed out the trade embargo conviction and ordered a new trial on charges that he participated in an unlicensed money transfer business. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals left in place a ...
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