Some Ask if US Attorney Dismissals Point to Pattern of Investigating Democrats âWhen a jury acquitted Carl J. Marlinga, a former county prosecutor from suburban Detroit, of bribery charges last year, his initial reaction was to write off the episode as a terrible mistake that at least had been corrected. âProsecutors can make mistakes for innocent reasons,â Mr. Marlinga said. âI know that first hand.â But as he looks back at the case, Mr. Marlinga, 60, who was charged while he was a Democratic candidate for Congress, no longer has such confidence in the integrity of the legal system.â (NY Times)US Top Court Refuses to Hear Guantanamo Case “The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case brought by two detainees at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, who were contesting the legality of the base’s military courts. The court did not give any reason for refusing to hear the case, but said three of the nine judges had been in favor of proceeding with the hearing.” (AFP)
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