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Aafia Siddiqui not fit to stand trial

Source: Press TV

Karāchi : Pakistan | about 1 year ago

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Defense lawyers and prosecutors both dismissed the charges as ridiculous and argued the frail-looking Aafia Siddiqui is mentally unfit to stand trial and should undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Even an evaluation performed by a federal prison doctor in Carswell, Texas said that...

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