A US Army judge delivered two setbacks Tuesday to a soldier accused in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case, currently being held in the German city of Mannheim, by rejecting defence motions, including one seeking Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as a witness.
The motion had been presented by defence counsel for Sergeant Javal Davis, one of four accused soldiers whose cases were being reviewed in pretrial hearings at the US Army Legal Services Agency at Taylor Barracks in Mannheim.
Presiding judge Colonel James Pohl, besides rejecting the Rumsfeld motion, had earlier rejected the defence's motion trying to get Davis' initial testimony be thrown out due to alleged procedural irregularities.
...However, Pohl said the court would consider later evidence submitted by the defence to argue for calling in Rumsfeld as a witness.
...In the hearings for Private Lynndie England at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, her lawyers submitted a motion to get Vice President Donald Cheney as a witness. The judge in that hearing, Colonel Denise Arn, said she would study the request.
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The motion had been presented by defence counsel for Sergeant Javal Davis, one of four accused soldiers whose cases were being reviewed in pretrial hearings at the US Army Legal Services Agency at Taylor Barracks in Mannheim.
Presiding judge Colonel James Pohl, besides rejecting the Rumsfeld motion, had earlier rejected the defence's motion trying to get Davis' initial testimony be thrown out due to alleged procedural irregularities.
...However, Pohl said the court would consider later evidence submitted by the defence to argue for calling in Rumsfeld as a witness.
...In the hearings for Private Lynndie England at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, her lawyers submitted a motion to get Vice President Donald Cheney as a witness. The judge in that hearing, Colonel Denise Arn, said she would study the request.
Of course I could be wrong, but my advice is - don't get your hopes up.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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