U.S. military judge won't dismiss prosecutors in Afghan rampage case

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A military judge in the case of a U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians declined to dismiss the prosecution team on Wednesday, despite defence complaints that keeping the team on could prejudice proceedings, the defence team said.

Attorneys for Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales complained that his constitutional right not to incriminate himself was violated when the judge mistakenly provided prosecutors with an unredacted copy of a mental health evaluation. They sought to have the prosecutors disqualified over the incident.