By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — He was accused of being part of terrorist cell in Detroit in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. He spent about 15 months in the Wayne County Jail, often in isolation. He was occasionally strip searched. And then, he was acquitted of all charges. Now, after…
The final of three installments on an immigrant who was wrongly convicted of terrorism in Detroit and how he went on to live the American dream. In case you missed the first two articles of this series, you can find those here, Terrorism and the American Dream: Part I Terrorism and the American Dream:…
In the first of three installments, Deadline Detroit tells the story of how Karim Koubriti has rebuilt his life after being wrongly convicted of terrorism. The prosecutor was indicted for subverting justice, but was acquitted. By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Enthusiastic and ambitious, Karim Koubriti came to America from Morocco in search…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –An FBI agent is off the hook. U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani of Detroit on Monday tossed out a lawsuit against FBI agent Michael Thomas, the Associated Press reported. The suit was filed Karim Koubriti, whose terrorism conviction in Detroit was thrown out after it was ruled that the prosecution…
