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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:58 PM Oct 2015

Delay in 9/11 case at Guantanamo over self-representation

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A military judge crafted a stern warning Tuesday for a Guantanamo prisoner who says he may want to act as his own lawyer to fight charges that could get him the death penalty for his alleged role in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

Walid Bin Attash, one of five prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba facing trial by military commission for planning and aiding the attack, has not formally requested to act as his own lawyer but he did tell the judge that he was considering it, a statement that put this week's pretrial proceedings on pause.

The judge, Army Col. James Pohl, prepared a response to Bin Attash's request taking input Tuesday from the prosecution and defense lawyers. He was initially expected to read the 24-page document to the defendant Wednesday but the session was later postponed until Thursday. The accused will then be given a chance to decide if he wants to go through with it.

Defense lawyers say the defendant will face enormous challenges that include not having access to classified evidence that will play a significant role in the case or even a desk or library inside his high-security prison unit to prepare his case. Defense attorney James Connell said it would be "virtually impossible," for any of the accused to adequately provide their own defense under the circumstances.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/delay-9-11-case-guantanamo-over-self-representation-210437499.html

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Delay in 9/11 case at Guantanamo over self-representation (Original Post) Little Tich Oct 2015 OP
Didn't someone say in their campaign speeches that they would close GITMO??????????? fasttense Oct 2015 #1
 

fasttense

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1. Didn't someone say in their campaign speeches that they would close GITMO???????????
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 12:08 PM
Oct 2015

But we got to appease those RepubliCONS.

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