Haiti judge poised to release missionaries

Friday, February 12, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The 10 U.S. missionaries facing trial for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti should be released from jail while an investigation continues, a Haitian judge said Thursday, giving the Americans their best news since their arrests nearly two weeks ago.

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