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PHOENIX (AP) - Defense attorneys said Thursday that two white supremacist brothers charged in the bombing of a black city official may be racist, but that doesn't mean they're guilty of the crime.
The comments during opening statements in federal court in Phoenix were in sharp contrast to prosecutors' earlier depiction of identical twin brothers Dennis and Daniel Mahon as "lone wolves" who wanted to commit violence against non-whites and the government.
The 61-year-old brothers have pleaded not guilty in the 2004 bombing in which a package detonated in the hands of Don Logan, Scottsdale's diversity director at the time. The package injured Logan's hand and arm and hurt a secretary.
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Dennis Mahon opened up to Rebecca Williams as the government recorded their conversations. Mahon showed her how to make bombs and bragged about bombing a Jewish community center, an Internal Revenue Service building, an immigration facility, and an abortion clinic, according to court records. Those claims have not been corroborated.
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Boyle said that although the Mahons' DNA wasn't on the bomb, evidence at trial will show that they admitted their involvement to Williams. That evidence includes a detailed description of the bomb used on Logan that Dennis Mahon gave to Williams, even though such a description hadn't been made public by officials.
"He knows exactly how that bomb was made, and that is not public information," Boyle said.
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PHOENIX (AP) - Defense attorneys said Thursday that two white supremacist brothers charged in the bombing of a black city official may be racist, but that doesn't mean they're guilty of the crime.
The comments during opening statements in federal court in Phoenix were in sharp contrast to prosecutors' earlier depiction of identical twin brothers Dennis and Daniel Mahon as "lone wolves" who wanted to commit violence against non-whites and the government.
The 61-year-old brothers have pleaded not guilty in the 2004 bombing in which a package detonated in the hands of Don Logan, Scottsdale's diversity director at the time. The package injured Logan's hand and arm and hurt a secretary.
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Dennis Mahon opened up to Rebecca Williams as the government recorded their conversations. Mahon showed her how to make bombs and bragged about bombing a Jewish community center, an Internal Revenue Service building, an immigration facility, and an abortion clinic, according to court records. Those claims have not been corroborated.
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Boyle said that although the Mahons' DNA wasn't on the bomb, evidence at trial will show that they admitted their involvement to Williams. That evidence includes a detailed description of the bomb used on Logan that Dennis Mahon gave to Williams, even though such a description hadn't been made public by officials.
"He knows exactly how that bomb was made, and that is not public information," Boyle said.
More at link....