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Hicks won't violate gag order: lawyer
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will not speak to the media in violation of a court order, Hicks' lawyer said Wednesday. Despite statements by Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock that Aus (More) |
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Hicks Guantanamo plea agreement [US OMC]
US v. David Matthew Hicks, Offer for a Pretrial Agreement, US Office of Military Commissions, March 26, 2007 . Read the full text of the plea agreement]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Australia AG says Hicks gag order cannot be enforced
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that the gag order placed on Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] as part of his plea agreement cannot be enforced once he returns to Australia, and that Hic (More) |
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Hicks applies for transfer to Australia prison
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has submitted an application to be transferred to a prison near his home in South Australia to serve the remainder of his nine-month sentence after pleading guilty t (More) |
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Hicks could face Australian control order after Guantanamo release
The Australian Federal Police will determine whether Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee David Hicks will be subject to a control order when released from prison later this year, members of the Australian government said Sunday. On Friday a (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee Hicks to serve most of 9-month sentence in Australia
A US military commission at Guantanamo Bay recommended sentencing Australian detainee David Hicks to seven years in prison late Friday but all but nine months of that were effectively suspended by a military judge under the terms of a plea agreeme (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission judge says maximum Hicks sentence 7 years
The judge presiding over the military commission for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Friday that Hicks would be be subject to a maximum seven-year prison sentence under the terms of his plea bargain. The judge's comments ca (More) |
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Hicks could be returned to Australia after US military tribunal guilty plea
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks may be sentenced this week after pleading guilty Monday to a charge of supporting terrorism and could return home to serve his sentence by the end of the year, according to US military officials. Col (More) |
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Hicks pleads guilty to supporting terrorism after two lawyers disqualified
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks pleaded guilty to a charge of supporting terrorism at an appearance before a US military commission Monday after the presiding judge unexpectedly disqualified two of his three lawyers. Judge Colonel R (More) |
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Hicks faces first Guantanamo trial under new US Military Commissions Act
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will be arraigned Monday as the first prisoner charged under the new Military Commissions Act [PDF text; JURIST news archive] passed by the US Congress last year. Lawyers for Hicks, who has been held (More) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
