Posts tagged “Mohammed Jawad”
The Justice Department’s Innovative Solution To Evidence-Obtained-By-Torture Problems
Last Friday, I wrote about the case of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad. U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle had ordered Jawad released, because the evidence against him was “riddled with holes”, but the government still had the option of filing criminal charges against him in the regular justice system instead. Judge Huvelle “strongly encouraged the [...]
Guantanamo Detainees And Senseless BushObama Seamlessness
(1) These days, when federal judges order Guantanamo detainees released, they seem to anticipate that the government may not actually follow through. That’s because the government also has the option of filing criminal charges in the regular justice system, instead: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of a detainee at the U.S. military [...]