On October 2 , 2017 , Jabbateh was arraigned before the Honorable Judge Paul S. Diamond at the James A. Byrne Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , US . The jury , composed of eight women and four men , was selected on October 2 , 2017 and opening arguments began the following day on October 3 , 2017 . The trial lasted for three weeks until October 18 , 2017 . Assistant United States Attorney Linwood C. Wright , Jr. and Assistant United States Attorney Nelson S.T. Thayer prosecuted Mohammed Jabbateh . Thayer was previously a Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and prosecuted the massacre in Srebrenica , Bosnia
massacre in Srebrenica , Bosnia
Srebrenica massacre
Mohammed Jabbateh (Jungle Jabbah)