Judge Bars 9/11 Suspect From Being Own Lawyer
A judge on Friday barred the terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui from continuing to represent himself in court, saying he had repeatedly violated her orders by filing court papers that were “frivolous, scandalous, disrespectful or repetitive.” The ruling, by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., brought an end to a 17-month period in which Mr. Moussaoui, a confessed member of Al Qaeda who is the only person charged in an American court with conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks, had been allowed to serve as his own lawyer and file his own court papers. Full Story