‘Judicial courtesy’ postpones Maguindanao massacre trial, now on its 27th month
Ana Miranda, InterAksyon.com
February 23, 2012
MANILA, Philippines — Exactly 27 months after the single deadliest attack on media practitioners, the Maguindanao massacre trial was postponed anew after the prosecutors on Thursday failed to present its witnesses.
Prosecutors said this is because of a pending petition for review before the Court of Appeals on the presentation of post-facto evidence.
In this morning’s hearing, prosecutor Aristotle Reyes informed Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 that the prosecution cannot present its witnesses due to “judicial courtesy.”
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