Federal judge rejects Bin-Laden son-in-law mistaken identity claim

[JURIST] Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Friday rejected a request by Suleiman Abu Ghaith, son-in-law of Osama bin-Laden [WP obituary; JURIST news archive], to delay his trial on the grounds that the government had confused him with a similarly-named detainee at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder]. Kaplan denied the request [Reuters report], stating that the trial will proceed as planned on Monday. Abu Ghaith faces terrorism charges [text;...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/03/federal-judge-rejects-bin-ladens-son-in-laws-mistaken-identity-claim.php

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