Mr. JACK GOLDSMITH (Former Assistant Attorney General): The options are to just continue to detain them, or to find a way to send them back to their countries, or to go to Congress and get some kind of different trial procedure set up to try them.

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But other doctors, especially oncologists used to the rigorous standards of proof required for big drug trials, note a lack of controlled trial data showing that the procedure extends life.

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But he plans to conduct a clinical trial to properly assess the risks and benefits of the procedure, and document how bodies react to the transplanted devices.

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The 64-patient trial produced mixed results: 61% of patients who received the real procedure reported complete heartburn relief versus 33% of patients who got the fake treatment.

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The woman had attended the jury selection procedure at the court in Bobigny without a headscarf, but wore one on the first day of the trial.

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The first simplified disciplinary procedure concluded they only needed to receive written warnings, but more formal proceedings - after the criminal trial of those responsible for Peter's death - resulted in summary dismissal for gross misconduct.

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