Obama Justice: Acquittal Does Not Guarantee Release from Prison

[The Straight Story]

Obama Justice: Acquittal Does Not Guarantee Release from Prison
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Human rights activists are questioning the point of military tribunals for suspected terrorists if the likely result is that detainees, even if they are acquitted, will remain behind bars, potentially forever.

Amnesty International has reported that according to the U.S. military’s latest manual for tribunals, a defendant who receives a not guilty verdict can still be held in prison indefinitely. The justification for this policy goes back to the Authorization for Use of Military Force, the legislation adopted by Congress one week after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that President George W. Bush used as the basis for many of his administration’s most controversial anti-terrorism programs.

President Barack Obama is continuing this legacy, Amnesty argues that this demonstrates it is al-Qaeda that has won the terror war. “Now that two presidents and hundreds of members of Congress from two different parties have responded to the heinous attacks on 9/11 by throwing away due process and fair trials, the conclusion is inescapable: al Qaeda has destroyed the U.S. justice system,” wrote Zeke Johnson, of Amnesty International USA’s Counter Terror With Justice Campaign.

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[ixion]

1. Obama DOJ using Bush Era fascist policies

that's some change! :sarcasm:

[izquierdista]

2. But you can believe in it!

[tekisui]

3. knr. That means it is an internment.

Those that are held without charge or after acquittal are in interment camps.

[Winterblues]

4. I have a suspicion it was destroyed long before Al Qaeda came into being.

I believe there have been many atrocities that America or it's Leaders have committed that never have been or ever will be prosecuted.

[crikkett]

5. I agree that keeping them confined is a crime.

Practically speaking the President has to be mindful of the fact that these people, if freed, will probably fight us.

I think they should be compensated for their crimes and taken care of for the rest of their lives. We shouldn't return them to poverty and strife. They deserve lives of peace and comfort.