Attorney: Terror suspect can't be tried in Ky.
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An attorney for one of two Iraqi refugees arrested in Kentucky on terrorism charges is weighing in on the question of whether his client should be tried in a civilian court.
Scott Wendelsdorf, public defender for Waad Ramadan Alwan, has argued in a motion that two counts of his client's indictment should be dismissed because the Geneva Convention doesn't allow those charges to be prosecuted in a U.S. civilian court.
Wendelsdorf said in The Courier-Journal on Friday (http://bit.ly/nhWQHd ) that his motion filed July 19 is about the question of jurisdiction and not about the appropriateness of trying similar cases in civilian courts.
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has been pushing to have the two defendants tried at the Navy-run prison at Guantanamo Bay. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said prosecutors would file a response with the court.