Angry Moussaoui Judge May Throw Out Case...

[bridgit]

Judge Unexpectedly Recesses Moussaoui Trial

'A federal judge indicated today that she might throw out the death penalty case against Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui after prosecutors disclosed that a government attorney had violated the court's rules about discussing witness testimony.

U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema called it "the most egregious violation of the court's rules on witnesses'' she had seen "in all the years I've been on the bench.'''

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/13/AR2006031300506.html?nav=rss_email/components

[nini]

1. I heard it would remove the death penalty option.. not the whole trial

:shrug:


more info will come soon - so we'll see.

[bridgit]

5. true, judge is likely reviewing options while under a shit storm of...

cheney/bush/nixon/rove/matalin admin pressure points x(

[wtmusic]

2. This is looking more and more like an ongoing showdown

of Executive vs. Judicial.

When Judicial throws in the towel, all is lost.

[Demit]

4. Doesn't exactly look like Brinkema is throwing in the towel.

She's been calling the prosecution to task for years now.

[seemslikeadream]

3. well it seems the government gets what it wants

No more info coming out about what "they" knew about Moussaoui

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

6. For anyone interested, John Young's been posting the trial transcripts

over at his Cryptome site:

http://cryptome.org/usa-v-zm-dt2.htm

[bridgit]

7. thanks

:thumbsup: