US Seeks Trial Date, Deadlines To Speed Up Stalled 9-11 War Crimes Case At Guantanamo
Jul 02, 2013
MIAMI - A military judge presiding over the stalled Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay is being urged to speed things along.
Prosecutors have asked Army Col. James Pohl to set a Sept. 22, 2014, trial date, establish deadlines for pretrial motions and hold a series of monthlong hearings to resolve preliminary matters that must be addressed before the death penalty case against five Guantanamo prisoners can be heard by a jury of military officers at the U.S. base in Cuba.
Prosecutors say in a motion unsealed Monday that the sporadic, five-day pretrial sessions held so far are not adequate for what is believed to be one of the most complex trials in U.S. history.
"The current practice of being in court for five days approximately every six weeks is inefficient and will result in litigation that is unnecessarily prolonged, and does not serve the interests of justice," they argue in a motion signed by the chief prosecutor, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, and a civilian co-prosecutor, Clay Trivett.\
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