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Guantanamo Bay Tribunals Ruled Illegal
Trials Violate Principles of Due Process, Federal Judge Rules
See clip below from Washington Post. What do you think: A just decision, or just another example of an activist judge?
By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 31, 2005; 10:20 AM
A federal judge ruled this morning that special military tribunals the Pentagon has used to determine the likely guilt of most of the 500 men held at a prison in Guantanamo Bay -- and to justify their continued imprisonment -- are illegal.
U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green, who is overseeing all of the legal claims that detainees have made challenging their imprisonment, said she cannot dismiss their claims, as the U.S. military had sought. [?]
Trials Violate Principles of Due Process, Federal Judge Rules
See clip below from Washington Post. What do you think: A just decision, or just another example of an activist judge?
By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 31, 2005; 10:20 AM
A federal judge ruled this morning that special military tribunals the Pentagon has used to determine the likely guilt of most of the 500 men held at a prison in Guantanamo Bay -- and to justify their continued imprisonment -- are illegal.
U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green, who is overseeing all of the legal claims that detainees have made challenging their imprisonment, said she cannot dismiss their claims, as the U.S. military had sought. [?]
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Mudge the cynic
I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!<BR>