5 Somali men convicted of pirate attack on US warship are appealing their convictions

RICHMOND, Va.
- The first piracy conviction in a U.S. courtroom in nearly 200 years was going before an appeals court Tuesday as five Somali men who launched an attack on a Navy warship off the coast of Africa sought to reverse a jury's verdict.
Attorneys for the five planned to argue before a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the men's actions fell short of the legal standard for piracy.
"Defendants did not commit robbery at sea, and their convictions for

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