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  • Supreme Court won't hear claims of torture, discrimination from ex-Guantanamo prisoners 14 Dec 2009 16:07 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to take up an appeal from ... that the military officials violated a federal law intended to insure unburdened religious practice and ... Iqbal and Ahmed allege they traveled to Afghanistan from to provide humanitarian relief the month ...

  • DoJ to Seek Dismissal of Rendition Lawsuit Against CIA 14 Dec 2009 22:30 GMT
    ... known as the "Dark Prison" in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he was again tortured and eventually ... charge in February. After Mohamed was captured, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft said that Mohamed had ... election in 2008, human rights and rule-of-law advocates such as the ACLU were encouraged to ...

  • Pakistan's Supreme Court throws wrench into terror fight 17 Dec 2009 01:05 GMT
    ... — Pakistan's Supreme Court struck down a political amnesty law Wednesday ... Obama administration's requests to move against al-Qaida, Afghan militants based in Pakistan and Pakistani militant groups. ... amnesty. It also ruled that the former attorney general of the country should be prosecuted ...

  • Nature of Evidence Could Complicate Prosecution of 5 Americans 15 Dec 2009 05:31 GMT
    ... fullest extent of the law.” A Pakistani court on Monday temporarily barred the deportation of ... to train to fight American troops in Afghanistan. Rebuffed there, the officials said, the Americans ... than joining in the global struggle it advocates. Waqar Gillani reported from Lahore, and Scott ...

  • Nature of Evidence Could Complicate Prosecution of 5 Americans in Pakistan 15 Dec 2009 06:39 GMT
    ... fullest extent of the law.” A Pakistani court on Monday temporarily barred the deportation of ... to train to fight American troops in Afghanistan. Rebuffed there, the officials said, the Americans ... than joining in the global struggle it advocates. Waqar Gillani reported from Lahore, and Scott ...

  • U.S. jail may not be ready in time for Khadr trial 16 Dec 2009 09:11 GMT
    ... Khadr's trial expected to start in July, court facilities at the centre may not be ... Khadr and the four other terror suspects Attorney General Eric Holder said last month would ... when U.S. forces plucked him from an Afghan battlefield in 2002, said they remain concerned the ...

  • Pakistani court deals US-backed president big blow 16 Dec 2009 21:53 GMT
    ... Pakistani court deals US-backed president big blow Pakistani lawyers ... a united front against militants along the Afghan border. The ruling is a major blow to ... heard in a Swiss court until the attorney general under Musharraf withdrew proceedings against them ...

  • Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contract in Afghanistan 18 Dec 2009 21:41 GMT
    ... for Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contract in Afghanistan WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An Oklahoma ... personnel and contractors in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal ... years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in the Eastern ...

  • Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contract in A 18 Dec 2009 21:57 GMT
    ... for Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contract in Afghanistan Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 12 Months in ... personnel and contractors in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal ... years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in the Eastern ...

  • U.S. prison population expected to drop for first time in 4 decades 20 Dec 2009 17:35 GMT
    ... Tracking local crime, criminal justice and courts news in metro New Orleans, Louisiana U.S. ... issues. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft. Instead, the ... The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its ...

  • Prison population to have first drop since 1972 19 Dec 2009 18:52 GMT
    ... issues. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft. Instead, the ... The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its ... entering prison. A nationwide system of drug courts takes first-time felony offenders caught with less ...

  • First Prison Population Drop Since 1972 Forecast 19 Dec 2009 19:32 GMT
    ... issues. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft. Instead, the ... The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its ... entering prison. A nationwide system of drug courts takes first-time felony offenders caught with less ...

  • US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs 19 Dec 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... issues. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft. Instead, the ... The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its ... entering prison. A nationwide system of drug courts takes first-time felony offenders caught with less ...

  • US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs 19 Dec 2009 19:35 GMT
    ... issues. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft. Instead, the ... The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its ... entering prison. A nationwide system of drug courts takes first-time felony offenders caught with less ...

  • U.S. prison population to see first drop since 1972 19 Dec 2009 19:36 GMT
    ... issues. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't involved in a draft. Instead, the ... The state also is under a federal court order to shed 40,000 inmates because its ... entering prison. A nationwide system of drug courts takes first-time felony offenders caught with less ...


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