Then over the summer, a military judge finally set a timetable toward a trial that envisioned a start date early next year. These seasoned criminal defence lawyers demanded experts, consultants, more lawyers and information that might help them argue against the death penalty, known as mitigation evidence. The developments forced the trial judges to take testimony to try to resolve a series of ethical issues confounding fair trial rights. Enduring SecrecyProsecutors declared last Nov. 1 that they had given the defence lawyers all the pretrial evidence they were entitled to see. Prosecution and defence lawyers have been calling witnesses, making legal arguments and filing multiple briefs on these issues.

Source: bd News24 April 18, 2020 15:11 UTC