elwoodblues
09-01-2004, 01:11 PM
The justice department today support a motion for a new trial by several "terrorists." They will not re-prosecute. Interesting quote:
"In its best light, the record would show that the prosecution committed a pattern of mistakes and oversights that deprived the defendants of discoverable evidence (including impeachment material) and created a record filled with misleading inferences that such material did not exist," Justice told the court.
Link to Article (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20040901/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_trial&printer=1)
"In its best light, the record would show that the prosecution committed a pattern of mistakes and oversights that deprived the defendants of discoverable evidence (including impeachment material) and created a record filled with misleading inferences that such material did not exist," Justice told the court.
Link to Article (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20040901/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_trial&printer=1)