BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont man is expected to face a second trial early next year on charges he lied about his role in Bosnian war crimes during the early 1990s.
Earlier this summer, the conviction of Edin Sakoc was overturned after a judge ruled prosecutors made comments during his January trial that had not been included in the original indictment.
The Burlington Free Press (https://bfpne.ws/1NBATuE ) reports that during a Monday hearing in federal court in Burlington attorneys said they would like to hold the retrial in February or March.
Sakoc is a Bosnian Muslim who arrived in the United States in 2001. Prosecutors charged he lied on his 2007 citizenship application about his role in war crimes in 1992, which his attorneys argued were committed by a Bosnian army commander.
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