A federal judge has thrown out convictions of two formers leaders of a Boston-based Muslim charity that is now defunct. According to the Boston Globe Judge Dennis Saylor of the United States District Court in Boston ruled that they should not have been convicted for tax-related charges last January. The conviction against a third defendant was allowed to stand. The case was based on charges that the defendants published a newsletter with articles supporting jihad without reporting it to the IRS. There was evidence the group, Massachusetts Care Interantional, Inc., also sent aid to widows and orphans and disaster victims around the world. A former Harvard law professor who helped challenge the convictions, Kathleen Sullivan, told the Globe, "Never before has there been a tax criminal prosecution for a charity failing to tell you that it's sending out newsletters that somebody might not like." Prosecutors are considering an appeal. ...
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