Can I Tamper With My Witness?
am 20.03.2006 von Jurabilis
Eine kleine Nachhilfe:The death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui may be abandoned, prosecutors told the judge on Wednesday. The judge had decided to exclude a major component of the governments case the day before, after she learned that a prosecutor had tampered with several witnesses in direct violation of her court order. Does a federal judge really need to tell lawyers not to tamper with witnesses?
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» Can I Tamper With My Witness? - What if the judge didn't tell me not to? By Daniel Engber
The death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui may be abandoned, prosecutors told the judge on Wednesday. The judge had decided to exclude a major component of the government's case the day before, after she learned that a prosecutor had tampered…
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