June 21, 2006
Padilla: Oh What a Difference a Judge Makes
Back when the feds finally got around to actually indicting Jose Padilla, I suggested that the indictment was curiously light on actual allegations of illegal actions by Padilla himself as opposed to his supposed co-conspirators.
Well, it seems that the judge agrees:
Judge orders more investigative details turned over to Padilla defense: South Florida Sun-Sentinel A federal judge ordered prosecutors Tuesday to provide more specific accusations against alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla and two other men charged with supporting terrorism overseas.I should also point out that this straight-shooting approach to the rules of criminal procedure appears to validate SD FLA Blog's David Markus's take on Judge Cooke.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke called the government's 2005 indictment of Padilla, a former Broward County resident, Adham Amin Hassoun, and Kifah Wael Jayyousi "light on facts" and said defense lawyers would need more details to sift through a large amount of evidence related to the case.
Posted by Michael : June 21, 2006 10:20 AM | Padilla | TechnoLinks
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