Angry judge halts 9/11 man's death penalty trial
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema is to consider whether US government violations of her rules against coaching witnesses should remove the death penalty as an option.
The stunning development came at the opening of the fifth day of the trial after the government informed the judge and the defence that a lawyer for the Federal Aviation Administration had coached four government FAA witnesses in violation of the rule set by Judge Brinkema. The rule was that no witness should hear trial testimony in advance.
