Guantanamo judge excludes al-Hawsawi confessions in 9/11 case

A military judge ruled inadmissible the confessions of Mustafa al-Hawsawi, a capital defendant in the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay, citing prior coercion. This is the latest in a series of evidentiary setbacks for the prosecution, further complicating an already protracted legal process. The ruling underscores ongoing judicial scrutiny of interrogation methods and may delay or alter the course of the death-penalty proceedings.