"I would like Pavlyuchenkov to appear together with all the participants of this criminal group, so that his testimony will be examined in the court, not in a closed court procedure where he won't give testimony but instead will simply confess his guilt, and that will be all," Politkovsky said.
In January, General Miller invoked his right not to give testimony that might incriminate him and said through his lawyer, Maj.
In Mr Sayedee's case 28 of 46 witnesses were not allowed to give testimony.
"The amendment simply asks them to certify they have divested the stocks or completed whatever else they promise to do to be cleared of conflict of interest charges – or explain why not – before they give testimony to the committee," Lowey said during the hearing.
Even the official state crash report blaming "pilot error" comes off as dubious -- even knowing one of the pilots wasn't fully trained -- because the simultaneous acceleration and braking could have been a mechanical failure, but the pilots aren't here to give testimony.
"The question is, was she so intoxicated that she did not give consent?" Testimony is expected to resume Friday morning.
The governor will not give sworn testimony or be subject to cross-examination by prosecutors or legislators.
As one commentator explains: 'a psychiatrist may give expert testimony, in his capacity as a trained observer, about a person's competence seen as a factual matter, and the judge may or may not give this testimony practical effect in deciding how we ought to treat that person' (Freedman 1981, 55).
People brought in and jailed as material witnesses, those thought to have information about terrorist plots, have argued that they should not be held to give testimony in grand jury investigations.
1594, 12 L.Ed.2d 678, the Court held that 'a state witness may not be compelled to give testimony which may be incriminating under federal law unless the compelled testimony and its fruits cannot be used in any manner by federal officials in connection with a criminal prosecution against him.' 378 U.S., at 79, 84 S.Ct.
