Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
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Story Created:
Feb 9, 2010 at 4:49 PM MST
Story Updated:
Feb 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM MST
02/09/10
A lawyer for 10 U.S. missionaries detained in Haiti says parents of the children they're suspected of kidnapping told a judge they freely handed over their kids.
Aviol Fleurant argues the parents' testimony means no law was
broken and ``we can't talk any more about trafficking of human
beings.''
Fleurant said Tuesday he's ``confident'' the judge will dismiss
the case.
Prosecutors are to make their final argument Wednesday on
whether to pursue the charges.
The Americans are accused of trying to take 33 children into the
neighboring Dominican Republic without proper documentation.
The Baptist missionaries say they were heading to a Dominican
orphanage following Haiti's devastating quake, and had only good
intentions.
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