PROSECUTORS ADMIT WRONGFUL ACCUSATIONS

In an impressive reversal, the Justice Department acknowledges its original prosecution of a suspected terror cell in Detroit was filled with a "pattern of mistakes and oversights" that warrant the dismissal of the convictions.
In a 60-page memo that agonizingly criticizes its own prosecutors' work, the department told U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen on Tuesday night it supports the Detroit defendants' request for a new trial and would no longer chase terrorism charges against them. The defendants at the most would only look at fraud charges at a new trial.

"It is far too ordinary that mistakes and oversights like this lead to innocent people being falsely accused of crime," commented Vero Beach Attorney Michael Kessler, who has been certified by the Florida Bar as a criminal trial expert. "This just shows how important it is for criminal attorneys to be diligent and zealous in the defense of people who are accused."