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Khadr trial delayed after lawyer collapses
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Fri Aug 13, 2010 CBC News The Guantanamo Bay military trial of Omar Khadr will be delayed for 30 days after Khadr's lawyer collapsed in court and must be airlifted to a medical facility in the United States. Lt.-Col. Jon Jackson will be sent to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., after he collapsed during testimony Thursday at his Toronto-born client's military commission in Cuba. Jackson, who had gall bladder surgery six weeks ago, collapsed after delivering opening remarks. At a hearing on Friday, the military judge overseeing the trial called for the trial to be delayed by at least 30 days while Jackson convalesces. While not sequestered in a formal sense, the judge gave the seven-person jury instructions to not read about the case or discuss it between themselves for the duration of the hiatus. |
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