The Pentagon’s power to jail Americans indefinitely
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger
03/26/07
The presiding judge in the Jose Padilla case has held that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a speedy trial does not protect American citizens from being indefinitely incarcerated by the Pentagon. Padilla had filed a motion to dismiss the case on the ground that the federal government had denied him his right to a speedy trial. Padilla has been in custody since May 2002 and his trial, which is scheduled to begin in April, is not being held until some five years later...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0703j.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Padilla
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
by Jacob G. Hornberger
03/26/07
The presiding judge in the Jose Padilla case has held that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a speedy trial does not protect American citizens from being indefinitely incarcerated by the Pentagon. Padilla had filed a motion to dismiss the case on the ground that the federal government had denied him his right to a speedy trial. Padilla has been in custody since May 2002 and his trial, which is scheduled to begin in April, is not being held until some five years later...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0703j.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Padilla
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
rudkla - 27. Mär, 16:31
