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Former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau Says Objects to New York Terror Trials

By DNAinfo Staff on February 10, 2010 10:05am  | Updated on February 10, 2010 7:50am

Robert Morgenthau, seen here in a file photo, said holding the terror trials in Manhattan would be a mistake. (Shayna Jacobs/DNAinfo)
Robert Morgenthau, seen here in a file photo, said holding the terror trials in Manhattan would be a mistake. (Shayna Jacobs/DNAinfo)
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By Nina Mandell

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Add former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau to the list of people strongly opposed to holding the 9/11 terror trials in Lower Manhattan.

The recently retired Morgenthau said holding the trials in Lower Manhattan would bring justice in the district to a halt, according to the New York Post.

"I think it's ... absurd," he told the paper. "I think the state court system would come to a standstill."

Local politicians vowed to hold a hearing on the issue and urged the White House to find alternate sites for the trials, in a press conference Tuesday.

The trials are expected to take as long as five years to complete.