"Haitians return to battered capital; Complicates plans to make improvements" by Ben Fox, Associated Press | February 6, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Meanwhile, 10 US Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping should be allowed to leave the country pending the outcome of their case, their Haitian lawyer argued before a judge yesterday.
Prior to the closed hearing, defense attorney Edwin Coq told reporters he would ask the judge to grant the detainees “provisional release,’’ a type of bail without money posted. He said they should be allowed to leave Haiti until their trial, a date for which has not been established.
The 10 were taken back to jail after the hearing. Coq said the judge has not ruled on the request. More hearings in the case are scheduled for next week.
The missionaries filed back into a police van after spending half the day at the courthouse. They did not respond to questions from waiting journalists. Their lawyer says the judge told them not to discuss their case.
And I'm not going to either.
Oh, they GAVE US MORE COVERAGE on a SLOW SATURDAY, huh?
