Prosecutors in Posada trial reject grounds for mistrial

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Posted on Wednesday, 02.16.11
Prosecutors in Posada trial reject grounds for mistrial
Federal prosecutors say the lead attorney for Luis Posada Carriles is trying to mislead the court

BY ALFONSO CHARDY
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Federal prosecutors have accused the lead attorney for Luis Posada Carriles of trying to mislead the court by claiming the U.S. government delayed delivery of documents that could exonerate the Cuban exile militant of responsibility in a string of Cuban tourist site bombings in 1997.

In a written motion filed this week, the prosecutors say that Posada’s attorney, Arturo V. Hernandez, is seeking a mistrial by raising issues that have no direct bearing on the current case, which centers on whether Posada lied about his alleged role in the bombings and how he sneaked into the United States.

Hernandez alleges that the prosecution failed to advise the jury that a key Cuban government witness against Posada, state security Lt. Col. Roberto Hernandez Caballero, was also a counterintelligence agent in Havana.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, who is presiding over the trial, halted the case for a week until next Tuesday, saying she needed more time to consider the mistrial motion.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/16/2070879/prosecutors-in-posada-trial-reject.html

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1. I hope they are able to determine his true guilt or innocence.

I would hate to think a man guilty of bombings would get off on a technicality.