BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) β A federal court jury is set to resume deliberations in the case of a Vermont man accused of committing war crimes in his native Bosnia 21 years ago and then lying to U.S. immigration authorities about his actions.
The jury hearing the case against 55-year-old Edin Sakoc (EHD’-een SAH’-kohch) deliberated until about 8 p.m. Thursday. They are set to resume deliberations Friday morning.
If convicted Sakoc could be stripped of his U.S. citizenship and deported.
Prosecutors allege Sakoc lied when he denied being involved in war crimes in the summer of 1992. He is accused of raping a woman and aiding in the killings of two elderly women.
Defense attorneys say the witnesses’ stories were inconsistent, and another person committed the crimes.
Sakoc became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
