Dix suspects plead not guilty to new counts

Dix suspects plead not guilty to new counts
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 18, 2008 13:39:26 EST

CAMDEN, N.J. — The five men accused of plotting to sneak onto Fort Dix and kill soldiers there pleaded not guilty Friday to the latest charges against them and received a new date for their trial.

U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler set jury selection for Sept. 29. Prosecutors said they expected the trial itself to take four to six weeks.

An attorney for one of the suspects said he would be open to having the trial earlier if he and other defense attorneys could be ready earlier.

The men — all foreign-born Muslims in their 20s who had spent years in the Philadelphia suburbs — were arrested on May 7 and charged with conspiracy to kill military personnel in an alleged plot that was never carried out. Some of them also faced weapons charges.

This week, prosecutors added attempted murder charges against all five men and more weapons charges against four of them. All face life sentences if they are convicted of the conspiracy charge. Being convicted on all counts could add decades more.


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