Judge Accepts Compromise Deal on Moussaoui

By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN and MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writers
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The federal judge in the death penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui accepted a government compromise Friday that will allow prosecutors to present new witnesses about aviation security.

Judge Leonie Brinkema in a written order said prosecutors could present exhibits and a witness or witnesses if they are untainted by contact with Transportation Security Administration lawyer Carla J. Martin, cited by Brinkema for misconduct earlier this week when the judge decided to exclude all aviation security evidence.

"The government's proposed alternative remedy of allowing it to call untainted aviation witnesses or otherwise produce evidence not tainted by Ms. Martin has merit," Brinkema wrote.

Her partial reversal of an earlier order was a boon to prosecutors who had said it would be a waste of time to continue the case if they were not allowed to present some evidence about possible defensive aviation security measures the government might have taken to prevent the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/ap_on_re_us/moussaoui

Martin's memo's been made public - everyone's who's paying attention is "tainted".

we never hear anything about that

Why keep this kangeroo court going? Just say the 'bad man' is guilty, take him out behind the courthouse and execute him. That's what RWingers would do.

any other case would have been thrown out of court long ago.

With no penalty for witness tampering.

He won't be tried again, he admitted guilt BUT the gummit fucked up and decided to fry his ass! IMO, dead man walking.