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Judge Claims Aafia Siddiqui Getting Fair Trial
Judge Richard Berman of Southern District of New York Tuesday denied the government’s request to bar Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from court room on the grounds that so far hearing has been conducted “transparently, fairly and efficiently,” Government had requested that Dr. Siddiqui should be prohibited from the courtroom claiming that her ‘outbursts’ have been “opportunistic…
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Aafia Siddiqui Trial: Green Beret Weeps On Stand
Special Agent Eric Negron will resume his testimony on the sixth day of the high profile trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, in Southern District Court of New York today. Proceedings resumed Monday with a testimony of a MIT employee who confirmed that she completed B.S in Biology in 1995. Specialist Rene Card, a medic with…
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Aafia Siddiqui Trial: Two Jurors Excused, Defense Calls for Mistrial
The second week of the trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui began with a series of surprising twists and turns. Two jurors were excused from the case after they informed Judge Richard Berman that they were approached by a public supporter of Siddiqui’s. An eyewitness in the gallery described the man as a Pakistani male wearing…
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No Exculpatory Evidence Against Aafia Siddiqui
Two FBI experts who testified last week in high profile trial of Dr.Aafia Siddqui in New York conceded that there were no finger prints on the M4 rifle, and it is not certain that the rifle was even fired. Aafia Siddiqui is accused of snatching the Chief Warrant Officer’s M4 Assault Rifle and firing it…
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FBI Expert Cannot Confirm If Aafia Siddiqui Fired M-4 Rifle
FBI ballistics expert, Carlo Rosati, who testified on the fourth day of the high profile trial of Dr. Aafia Siddqui conceded that he cannot say with certainty that any shots were fired from the M4 rifle. Aafia Siddiqui is accused of snatching an M-4 Army rifle and firing two rounds at a team of Americans…
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Aafia Siddiqui Trial: Integrity of Evidence In Question
On the third day of testimony in the trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman charged with attempted murder of U.S. soldiers, FBI forensic analysts conceded that evidence from the crime scene in Ghazni, Afghanistan was not properly preserved or timely collected. When cross examining FBI Forensic expert DJ Fife, Aafia Siddiqui’s defense attorney…