A Lithuanian court postponed for 10 weeks the trial of a man suspected of handing Jews over to Nazi death squads during World War II. The move, intended to give lawyers more time to gather witnesses and documents, came one day after the start of proceedings against 91-year-old Aleksandras Lileikis. The Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem protested the decision, saying that given the defendant’s advanced age, “any lengthy delay in the proceedings significantly increases the chances of Lileikis escaping justice.”
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