Alsup has yet to set a new trial date. (recode.net)
The government said last week it will retry the senator and Melgen, but new charges have yet to be filed and a new trial date hasn't been set. (nbcnewyork.com)
News of the new trial date comes as a number of scientific groups — including the American Physical Society (APS), the international optics society SPIE, the Optical Society of America, the International Commission for Optics, and the European Optical Society — have signed open letters to the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, requesting clemency for Kokabee. (sciencemag.org)