Jurors Back To Deliberate In First Gitmo Trial -- USA TodayGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A Pentagon jury was weighing a verdict for a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden on Tuesday as the U.S. neared completion of its first war crimes trial since World War II.
The panel of six American military officers, hand-picked by the Defense Department, began its second day of deliberations at this U.S. Navy base in the case against Salim Hamdan.
As the jury met in private, prosecutors raised a challenge to the jury instructions regarding the definition of a war crime that could make it harder to convict Hamdan of conspiracy. The defense countered that redoing the instructions would prompt a mistrial.
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Jurors deliberating in 1st Gitmo trial -- Yahoo News/AP
Lawyer Says Detainee Aided U.S. in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Mistrial avoided in Guantanamo court case -- Reuters
Verdict due in Guantanamo case -- Al Jazeera
Gitmo detainees subject to detention even if acqu
The panel of six American military officers, hand-picked by the Defense Department, began its second day of deliberations at this U.S. Navy base in the case against Salim Hamdan.
As the jury met in private, prosecutors raised a challenge to the jury instructions regarding the definition of a war crime that could make it harder to convict Hamdan of conspiracy. The defense countered that redoing the instructions would prompt a mistrial.
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More News On the Gitmo Trials
Jurors deliberating in 1st Gitmo trial -- Yahoo News/AP
Lawyer Says Detainee Aided U.S. in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Mistrial avoided in Guantanamo court case -- Reuters
Verdict due in Guantanamo case -- Al Jazeera
Gitmo detainees subject to detention even if acqu
More News On the Gitmo Trials
Jurors deliberating in 1st Gitmo trial -- Yahoo News/AP
Lawyer Says Detainee Aided U.S. in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Mistrial avoided in Guantanamo court case -- Reuters
Verdict due in Guantanamo case -- Al Jazeera
Gitmo detainees subject to detention even if acquitted: Pentagon -- AFP
U.S. to keep Hamdan even if acquitted -- The Swamp
Jurors deliberating in 1st Gitmo trial -- Bostpn.com
My Comment: After many years .... we now have a trial. Another one of those "better late than never stories".