September 3, 2004

Lawyers hail admission of mistakes in terror trial

Both newspapers ran an AP story about the Justice Department's announcement that it would not pursue terrorism charges against three Detroit-area defendants who were tried last year on grounds they were part of a terror cell. The government said its prosecutors made errors that deprived the defendants of a fair trial and that it supports their request for a new trial. WSU law professor David Moran said the Justice Department's admission of errors following an internal investigation was surprising and a "very welcome development."

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