Originally published Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 4:38 AM
Judge postpones evidence in Mladic trial
The presiding judge in the U.N. trial of Gen. Ratko Mladic has delayed indefinitely the presentation of evidence that had been scheduled to start later this month due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defense lawyers.
The Associated Press
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Bosnian people pass a television screen on a street in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Wednesday, during a live TV broadcast as charges are read in court against Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.
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In this 1993 photo, evacuees from the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, packed on a truck en route to Tuzla, pass through Tojsici, 56 miles north of Sarajevo. More than 2,300 evacuees left Srebrenica, where 8,000 men and boys were killed in the worst carnage in Europe since World War II.
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Fugitive Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic pictured April 1996.
Mladic on trial
The presiding judge in the U.N. trial of Gen. Ratko Mladic has delayed indefinitely the presentation of evidence that had been scheduled to start later this month due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defense lawyers.
Alphons Orie said Tuesday he was delaying the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal case due to "significant disclosure errors" by prosecutors who are obliged to share all their evidence with Mladic's defense team.
He says judges are still analyzing the "scope and full impact" of the error.
He says he aims to establish a new starting date "as soon as possible."
Prosecutors already had admitted the errors and did not object to a delay in the trial. Mladic's attorney has asked for a six-month delay.
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