MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).
Military judge suppresses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession in 9/11 case A military judge has excluded a confession that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave to FBI agents nearly 20 years ago, ruling that the statements were not made voluntarily. The decision is a setback for the U.S. government's long-running effort to prosecute Mohammed, who is accused of helping develop the plot to hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Mohammed remains detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial. Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge overseeing the case, scheduled a June 2028 trial for Mohammed and three other defendants earlier this week. In an order issued Friday that has not been made public, Schrama barred prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made during four days of FBI questioning at Guantanamo in January 2007. Mohammed had previously been captured and held by the CIA, where he was subjec...
Yesterday monday,Ghana's government suspended seven out of 12 high court judges for allegations of bribery stemming from a documentary made by an investigative journalist.The decision is part of a response to a three hour film first screened in the capital last month that has caused an uproar in the West African country because it showed judges accepting bribe money through intermediaries.The documentary put Chief Justice Georgina Wood and other judicial leaders under pressure to show a forceful public response.From a statement from the Judicial Service announcing a decision by Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur based on advice from the Judicial Council,saying ''Their suspension follows the establishment of a prima facie case of stated misbehavior against them by the Hon.Lady Chief Justice {wood}''.The council previously suspended 22 junior judges who appeared in the video and investigated the conduct of high court judges to see if there is a case for their impeachment.Some of the judges have denied wrong doing and have filed a challenge in court,saying their suspension had no legal basis because documents relating to the video that were submitted by the journalist were not made available to them.
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