JURIST - Paper Chase: Lawyers cite US torture, seek dismissal of case against German 9/11 suspect

German lawyers called for the case against September 11 suspect Mounir El Motassadeq to be thrown out Wednesday, saying that crucial evidence in the planned retrial was likely obtained by US authorities under torture. The retrial of Motassadeq, who had been convicted of aiding and abetting the September 11 murders and belonging to a terrorist organization, is scheduled to begin next week in Hamburg. Motassadeq's attorney Josef Graessle-Muenscher said that he will tell the court "that we can't conduct fair proceedings because the evidence we need comes from the United States, it was obtained under torture and it must be rejected." Reuters has the full story. From Germany, Deutsche Welle has local coverage (in English). JURIST's Paper Chase has more on Germany's Supreme Court overturning Motassadeq's conviction and the possibility that evidence obtained from US interrogators could be ruled inadmissible.

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