by Jon Collins and Alex Robinson
A University student arrested preemptively before the Republican National Convention will be one of the first people prosecuted under a terrorism clause in the Minnesota Patriot Act since it was passed in 2002.
Cultural studies junior Max Specktor is charged with conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism.
Monday, Specktor's hearing was postponed until at least November.
Specktor and seven other defendants facing the same charge will be heard together, and face a maximum of seven and a half years of jail time.
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This really encourages students to get involved in the political process. Has Obama said what he thinks about the Patriot Act? Are politicians still afraid of the war-on-terror? Could a politican condemn the use of the Patriot Act against Max Specktor and get elected anywhere in the U.S.? Tom
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