Trial judge asks how grenade-like device works … boom

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//April 14, 2016//

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A trial in an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan was dramatically halted earlier this week after the judge asked a police officer how an explosive — that authorities say they took from the defendant — worked: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trial_judge_asks_how_grenade_like_device_works._police_officer_pulls_pin_an

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