Defense asks judge to halt Guantanamo Bay proceeding until rules establish

[Judi Lynn]

Defense asks judge to halt Guantanamo Bay proceeding until rules established

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A defense attorney for a Canadian teenager accused of killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan asked the judge on Wednesday to halt proceedings because of a lack of established rules for the military trials.

"Sir, you should halt these proceedings ... until the government gets the rules together," said Army Capt. John Merriam, an attorney for Omar Khadr, 19.

Shouting and table banging punctuated Wednesday's hearing at this isolated U.S. military base as the judge, Marine Col. Robert S. Chester, and another of Khadr's defense attorneys clashed over the lack of rules for the first military tribunals since the World War II era.
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Vokey and the judge also clashed about trial procedures to bring in a Canadian consulting attorney requested by the Toronto-born Khadr, who was 15 when he was captured.
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http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/04/06/news/latest_news/411278426155586d8625714800139709.txt

[Jazz2006]

1. Well....

... shouting and table banging makes good television but it rarely garners favour on the part of the judiciary in real life.