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Hicks sedated before being told of new charges: military lawyer
March 19, 2007 by Holly Manges Jones
The US military lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Monday that his client was sedated for 24 hours last month before being told about new charges against him. Maj. Michael Mori said Hicks was given a drug to ease his complaints of stomach pain, but while the medicine.... [more]

Hicks seeks injunction to delay Guantanamo trial
March 18, 2007 by Leslie Schulman
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has filed for an injunction to delay his military trial currently scheduled to start March 20. Maj. Michael Mori, Hicks' Pentagon-appointed lawyer, said Saturday that Hicks' defense team asked the US District Court in Washington last week to or....... [more]

US military commissions prosecutor slams Hicks military lawyer for alleged excesses
March 5, 2007 by Bernard Hibbitts
Chief US military commissions prosecutor Col. Morris Davis (USAF) has criticized the conduct of the US military lawyer for Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks, suggesting that Major Michael Mori (USMC) has been playing politics with his case outside the bounds of proper legal.... [more]

Hicks military lawyer doubts fair trial before Guantanamo tribunal
February 24, 2007 by Natalie Hrubos
The US military lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Saturday that Hicks would spend years in court and could not get a fair trial before a US military commission. In remarks at a rally in Adelaide, US Marine Corps Maj. Michael Mori noted that the revised military.... [more]

Hicks supporters decry new US military commission rules
January 18, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
The father and military lawyer of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks spoke out against new US military commission rules Thursday, insisting that the regulations are even more unfair for defendants than those which applied under the original commission system which the US Supreme Court.... [more]

Hicks in poor health at Guantanamo after five months solitary: lawyer
August 23, 2006 by Joshua Pantesco
Australian detainee David Hicks has been kept in solitary confinement at Guantanamo Bay for about five months and his health is deteriorating, Hicks' US military lawyer Major Michael Mori said Wednesday. Mori insisted that Hicks is among the best-behaved inmates at the US military prison and th....... [more]

New military tribunal process could leave Hicks in Gitmo for 7 more years: lawyer
August 13, 2006 by Kate Heneroty
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks may serve up to seven more years in US military custody before facing trial under a new military tribunal system, his military lawyer Major Michael Mori said Sunday. Since the US Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld found US military comm....... [more]

Hicks lawyer says new US trial would constitute double jeopardy
July 3, 2006 by Joe Shaulis
A US military lawyer for David Hicks said the US government cannot legally prosecute the Australian-born Guantanamo detainee again because a trial would constitute double jeopardy under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. The lawyer, Maj. Michael Mori, told the Sydney Morning Herald on.... [more]

US military lawyer slams Guantanamo procedures
March 21, 2006 by Holly Manges Jones
Maj. Michael Mori, the US Marine Corps lawyer representing Australian terror suspect David Hicks in military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, said Monday that the imbalanced system at Guantanamo presents a significant risk that innocent individuals will be convicted while truly....... [more]

Pentagon rejects expert testimony for Australian Guantanamo prisoner
November 11, 2005 by Holly Manges Jones
The Pentagon has refused to allow expert witnesses to testify at the upcoming military commission hearing for Australian terror suspect David Hicks, a decision that his US military lawyer says increases the likelihood that he will not receive a fair trial. Major Michael Mori said he retained five.... [more]



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