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A federal judge is taking a big chance with an 18-year-old Somali American accused of trying

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Instead of waiting in jail for trial as a terrorist conspirator,

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Today or tomorrow, an 18-year-old Somali American is expected to be transferred from jail to a halfway house in Minnesota to await trial on federal charges of terrorism.

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