Judge denies bail to Fort Dix plot suspects

Judge denies bail to Fort Dix plot suspects
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 3, 2008 18:20:29 EST

CAMDEN, N.J. — Five men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix will not be released on bail, a judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler said that the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia has improved the men’s access to materials from the government’s case against them and that the detention center is not denying them their rights under the 6th Amendment to see charges against them.

Attorneys for the men had asked a judge to consider releasing them on bail or ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons to make other arrangements so they could spend more time reviewing hundreds of hours of audio and video recordings made in the investigation.

Last month, after the attorneys’ motions, the detention center instituted a new policy: The men would be able to spend from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. every weekday reviewing the recordings on computers in a law library or other rooms in the detention center.

Since the policy went into effect on Dec. 10, most of the men have reviewed evidence most weekdays.


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