Bail hearing today for Dix suspects

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Bail hearing today for Dix suspects
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 20, 2007 5:35:07 EST

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — The federal jail holding five men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix has promised the men will get better access to evidence in their case as a judge considers letting them out on bail.

A bail hearing is scheduled Thursday for the men, charged with preparing to sneak onto the military base and shoot soldiers.

Attorneys for the five say officers at the jail are not giving them time to listen to recordings and view videos containing evidence for the trial. There are 200 hours of audio recordings, and this week, the federal government also provided some 500 hours of surveillance video.

Last month, a frustrated U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler agreed to have a bail hearing to consider releasing the suspects. That way, they would have unfettered access to the computers so they could review the materials.

The move may have been mostly a way to pressure prison officials into letting the men review the recordings more often in detention. But Michael Riley, a defense attorney for suspect Shain Duka, said it caused new problems.


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