AP: Judge Probing Pinochet Fortune Suspended

[Eugene]

Judge Probing Pinochet Fortune Suspended

The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 29, 2006; 11:53 PM

SANTIAGO, Chile -- An appeals court effectively suspended a legal probe
into the source of former dictator Augusto Pinochet's foreign fortune
on Tuesday by temporarily removing the judge handling the case.

The Santiago Court of Appeals removed Judge Carlos Cerda after Pinochet's
lawyers accused him of having "a personal bias" against the 90-year-old
former dictator.

Pinochet's chief lawyer, Pablo Rodriguez, argued that Cerda showed his
prejudice against Pinochet by voting against him in another case.

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The decision is tantamount to suspending the trial because the temporary
replacement judge, Carlos Gonzalez, would have to read thousands of pages
of documents accumulated by Cerda before taking any action.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901901.html

[w4rma]

1. I guess he was working a bit too diligently. They want someone slower and

lazier.

[Javaman]

2. Exactly, he must have hit a nerve.

There are so many skeletons to be found in that closet that would connect with probably every crooked politian in the world.

Can't have that happening...