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...military tribunals of terror suspects at Guantánamo suffered a serious legal setback this week - this time, not at the hands of any civilian judges but by the ruling of one of the military's own jurists. Navy Judge Captain Keith Allred, hearing the first U.S. military commission trial since World War II, tossed out statements by Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, because he believes they were obtained under "highly coercive" conditions. That doesn't bode well for future tribunals in cases where U.S. interrogators used even harsher techniques - such as the waterboarding used on confessed...
...crash through a metal door, all in five seconds. Logan, who has made tabloid headlines by being caught in bed with a spacey artist (Daryl Hannah) the night she is supposed to have killed her ex-lover, is allowed to act as one of her attorneys at the murder trial. Finally, the real murderer forces Kelly and the artist to bang noisily on a sculpture while dozens of guests attend a stately memorial service in an adjacent room. Ivan Reitman is the coarsest and canniest of directors; Meatballs, Stripes and Ghostbusters had no subtlety or style, but all profitably exploited...
...Rodino, Judiciary Committee chairman, has introduced an impeachment resolution, which a subcommittee is now considering. The Constitution makes it difficult to remove any judge. If a House majority votes to impeach, action would move to the Senate, where Claiborne would become the focus of the nation's first impeachment trial in 50 years...
CONVICTED. Carmine Persico, 52, reputed boss of New York City's Colombo crime organization; on charges of racketeering, extortion and bribery; after an eight-month trial; in New York City. Persico faces up to 20 years on each of two racketeering counts. Earlier in the week, 15 alleged associates pleaded guilty to various charges at another trial in New York City, a double play that led prosecutors to claim a major blow against the Mafia...
...accounts, Hamdan's six years at Gitmo have left him a shell of a man. He has deteriorated mentally to the point where he can no longer meaningfully assist in his own criminal defense. He is suicidal, hears voices inside his head and talks to himself. And yet his trial, which is taking place in a small courtroom at Guantánamo Bay, will still influence the future of the tribunal system. Under the rules of the tribunal, Hamdan faces a jury of military officers who will decide his innocence or guilt. Whether their decision is perceived as fair will...