Charge or Release Detainee, Court Tells U.S. ; Appeals Panel Defends Rights of so-Called Enemy Combatant
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 12, 2007
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RICHMOND, Va. A divided panel from a conservative federal appeals court delivered a harsh rebuke to the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy Monday, ruling that U.S. residents cannot be locked up indefinitely as "enemy combatants" without being charged.
The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government should charge Ali al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident and the only suspected enemy combatant on American soil, or release him from military custody.See the full content of this document
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Charge or Release Detainee, Court Tells U.S. ; Appeals Panel Defends Rights of so-Called Enemy Combatant
The federal Military Commissions Act doesn't strip al-Marri of his constitutional right to challenge his accusers in court, the judges found in Monday's 2-1 decision.
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