Evidence

Military Prosecutor: 66 Ready to Be Tried at Gitmo

by: David Danzig

Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 20:24

Guantánamo Bay, July 14, 2009: Navy Captain John Murphy, the chief military prosecutor at Guantánamo Bay, announced today that military prosecutors were ready to proceed with cases against 66 of the more than 220 security detainees held at the naval facility in Guantánamo Bay.
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Expanding Discovery in Criminal Cases

by: John Terzano - The Justice Project

Wed Dec 10, 2008 at 12:53

Last week a news story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer reveals that resistance to the American Bar Association's recommended open-file discovery laws are still strong in some jurisdictions.  Open-file discovery - or the process in which the prosecution discloses to the defense all relevant information that is known concerning a criminal proceeding, including police reports, witness names, and witness statements - is now being demanded by judges in Cuyohoga County.  Ohio does not have an open-file discovery statute.    
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