Detainee deaths in US custody report [HRF] News
Detainee deaths in US custody report [HRF]

Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in US Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, Human Rights First, February 22, 2006 [reporting that at least 98 prisoners have died in US custody as a result of detainment or interrogation, with 34 being reported as victims of suspected or confirmed homicide caused by the use of "intentional or reckless behavior"]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.