Accused pirate’s attorney wants charges dismissed 
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NORFOLK — The attorney for a Somali man accused of being the highest-ranking pirate the U.S. has ever captured wants all charges against him dismissed, saying that the U.S. doesn’t have the proper jurisdiction to prosecute and that even if it did, Somalia is far too dangerous a country to travel to and mount an ...
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