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Guantanamo detainee agrees to plea deal at military tribunal
Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Monday reached a plea agreement with the US government setting out the maximum sentence he can receive at his military tribunal . The details of (More) |
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US military judge rules Khadr confessions admissible at trial
US military judge Army Colonel Patrick Parrish on Monday ruled that confessions by Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] are admissible evidence in his US military commission trial. Khadr's US military law (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to block Khadr military trial
The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to block the military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. The Supreme Court issued a one-line order denying the Khadr's petition for a stay. The order ha (More) |
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CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantanamo Bay to await trial in 2003, only to transfer them back into the CIA's network of secret prisons so they would not be entitled to lawyers and access to U (More) |
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Khadr lawyer petitions Supreme Court to stay proceedings
A US military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to stay proceedings in Khadr's military commission. The petition asks (More) |
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Canada appeals court reverses ruling for government intervention in Khadr case
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that a Federal Court decision calling for the government to protect the rights of Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] while in US custody overstepped judicial boundaries. Chief Justice Pie (More) |
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Spain accepts third Guantanamo detainee
The Spanish Interior Ministry announced Thursday that the country has accepted its third Guantanamo Bay detainee. The man, an Afghan national, arrived in Spain on Wednesday and will be given residency and work permits. The ministry also noted tha (More) |
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Federal court maintains stay on Khadr habeas petition
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday allowed Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to amend his 2004 habeas corpus petition, but refused to lift the stay on the petition pending (More) |
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US transfers 2 Guantanamo detainees to Cape Verde, Algeria
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Monday that two more detainees have been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Abd-al-Nisr Mohammed Khantumani was released to Cape Verde, while Abdul Aziz Naji was repatriated to his na (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee Hicks should be cleared: lawyer
The former defense lawyer for Australian ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Sunday that his former client should be cleared of all links to terrorism because he never committed a crime. The lawyer, Steve Kenny, said he has been unable to (More) |
John Marshall declared federal judicial supremacy over states
On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."
