Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 30, 1988

Runtime

2h 14m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Production Companies

Robert Papazian Productions, Century Group Ltd., George Englund Productions

Director

Jeff Bleckner

Description

There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with the concept of Due Process, and has vowed that Davi will receive a scrupulously fair trial when the terrorist is extradited to America. The defence mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.