SC: Massacre judge ruling reasonable, calls for sobriety
By Benjamin B. Pulta
09/03/2010
A Supreme Court (SC) official yesterday urged the public to let justice run its course and defended Quezon City Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes’ decision to put off temporarily the trial of the Maguindanao massacre case which should have commenced on Sept. 1.
Reyes upon the request of the defense lawyers representing the suspects, led by members of the Ampatuan clan agreed that the trial could not proceed as yet as she still has to receive the comments of both the prosecution and defense panels on the pre-trial order she issued last Aug. 27.
Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said Reyes was right when she postponed the trial since the guidelines that would govern the trial proceedings have not yet been approved by the parties.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100903nat1.html
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