13NEWS / WVEC.com
Monday, January 03, 2011
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NORFOLK -- The five Somali men who were convicted of piracy now want a second chance in the legal system.The men were found guilty in a Norfolk Federal courtroom back in November after being accused of attacking the Norfolk-based USS Nicholas when it was off the coast of Somalia in April.
Their attorneys now want t he federal judge to reconsider the conviction, claiming that they did not commit piracy because they never boarded or robbed the ship.
This was the first piracy conviction in the US in nearly two centuries, and it carries a life sentence.
Source: 13NEWS