Terror conviction rate high in U.S., raises questions

Monday, September 5, 2011 | 7:35 a.m. CDT; updated 7:51 p.m. CDT, Monday, September 5, 2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a stellar record by the numbers: Nine out of 10 major terrorism cases tried in U.S. federal courts over the past decade have been successful. But they may not tell the whole story of the government's war on terror.

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