Summary
Federal District Court decision rejecting the claim of a suspected terrorist, who President Obama decided to try in civil court, that he detention by the military as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial. Ghailani, who has since been convicted of conspiracy in the 1998 bombings of two U. S. embassies killing 223 people, was joined by the Center for Constitutional Rights in arguing that because his rights were violated, the must be set free. At the invitation of the District Judge in this case, CJLF introduced argument noting that the suspected terrorist was a military prisoner being held for national security reasons before the government decided to give him a trial in civil court. He had no speedy trial right during this period. The federla judge agreed. [CJLF brief in PDF.]
