U.S. government opposes public defender in Nazi case

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Source: Associated Press

CLEVELAND — U.S. prosecutors asked a judge Friday to reject a federal public defender’s request to represent a retired Ohio autoworker who is on trial in Germany for alleged Nazi war crimes.

John Demjanjuk, 90, already has a U.S. attorney willing to work for free, so he doesn’t need a public defender, prosecutors said in a U.S. District Court filing.

The public defender asked last week to be appointed co-counsel, citing a 1985 FBI report recently uncovered by The Associated Press that challenged the authenticity of a Nazi ID card used as evidence in the trial.

The German court is nearing a verdict on more than 28,000 counts of accessory to murder against Demjanjuk on allegations he served as death camp guard. He denies the charges.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us_govt_opposes_public_defender_in_nazi_case/2011/05/06/AFpDtbDG_story.html

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1. Fuck no, why would Holder want a fair trial that could upset his

pre-determined outcome?