Posted on 08/02/2004 10:30:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Lawyers for a paratrooper charged in a deadly grenade attack on fellow 101st Airborne Division soldiers asked a judge today to reconsider all rulings on motions made by a previous judge.
Prosecutors objected to reviewing all the rulings, but the new judge -- Col. Stephen Henley -- agreed to reconsider 42 motions previously ruled on by Col. Patrick Parrish, who has transferred to duty in Korea.
Sgt. Hasan Akbar, 32, is accused of stealing seven grenades from a Humvee he was guarding at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait and throwing into tents, killing two officers and wounding 14 others.
Akbar's lawyers have said there were no witnesses to the March 23, 2003, attack and Akbar was accused because he is Muslim.
Defense attorney Capt. David Coombs argued that a major who questioned Akbar after the attack didn't inform him of his right to be silent. Coombs said statements made by Maj. Kyle Warren and two sergeants should be thrown out.
But the prosecution said Warren was acting in a public safety role, as Parrish ruled, when he questioned Akbar after finding him in a bunker with other soldiers. Capt. John Benson said the major was concerned about another attack when he questioned Akbar, who had been reported missing from his unit.
Akbar admitted tossing grenades into tents, Warren said when he testified in May.
"Akbar admitted tossing grenades into tents..."
good enough for me. hang him.let the 72 virgins sort 'em out.
Good enough for me too
Akbar should have never made it to trail. Klintoon really spayed the military.
Agreed, BTTT
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