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Article • May 15, 2007
Enlisted Military Personnel Cannot Sue Superior Officers for Constitutional Violations by Enlisted Military Personnel Cannot Sue Superior Officers for Constitutional Violations The United States Supreme Court has held that enlisted military personnel may not maintain a Bivens suit to recover damages from a superior officer for alleged constitutional violations. The …
D.C. Circuit Reverses U.S. Gulf War POWs' $959 Million+ Prisoner Abuse Award by On June 4, 2004, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a federal court's award of more than $959 million in a case filed by U.S. Gulf War POWs who were allegedly abused while held …
Article • May 15, 2007
Continuing Claim Doctrine Applies to Deductions from Military Pay for Incarceration Costs by Continuing Claim Doctrine Applies to Deductions from Military Pay for Incarceration Costs The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that periodic deductions from a federal prisoner's military retirement pay constituted continuing claims, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Habeas Corpus Review Restricted in Military Trials by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held the writ of Habeas Corpus is unavailable to persons convicted by a military tribunal when that tribunal gave fair and full consideration to the questions raised in the Habeas petition. William M. Lips was convicted …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues by Matthew T. Clarke In February 2006, a report on the status of 517 prisoners being held in the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba compiled by Seaton Hall law professor Mark Denbeaux, seven of his law students and attorney Joshua …
Supreme Court Says No to Trial by Military Commission for Gitmo Prisoners by Matthew T. Clarke On June 29, 2006, the Supreme Court held that prisoners being held in the military concentration camp prisons at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo), could not be tried by the special military tribunals set up …
GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons by Matthew T. Clarke A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released April 29, 2005, criticized the militarys poor management of private contractors in Iraq and put partial blame for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal on private contractors and their poor management. …
Abu Ghraib: Enduring Symbol of Hated Regimes by Matthew T. Clarke Abu Ghraib, a 280-acre prison complex located 20 miles west of Baghdad, is a well known symbol to the Iraqi people. Abu Ghraib holds about 3,500 of the approximately 10,500 prisoners held by American forces in Iraq. All prisoners …
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
Feres Doctrine Bars FTCA Actions by by Military Prisoners The Unites States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the Feres doctrine, adopted by the United States Supreme Court in Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), bars suits brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
CIA Private Jet Takes Prisoners on Torture Trips by by Matthew T. Clarke When you step on board a 14-passenger Gulfstream V jet plane, you expect to be treated to a flight teeming with luxuries. The Gulfstream is, after all, a favorite small jet for corporate CEOs and celebrities. Stepping …
Article • October 15, 2005
Flashbacks: Vietnam And Capital Punishment by by Michael Mello Professor of Law Vermont Law School Capital punishment in our time has always reminded me of the Vietnam war. Certain blood for uncertain reasons," as Tim O'Brien wrote of his war. The only measure of success was the body count. No …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Do You Like Adventure? Prisons for Iraq by by Silja J.A. Talvi DynCorp International, a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation, was in heavy recruit-ment mode at the Winter, 2005 ACA Conference. The Dawn of Liberty," blared one flyer. Join Us in the Fight for Freedom EVERYWHERE. To get current and …
Army Prison Ban On PLN Containing Postage-Stamp-Exchange Ad Is Enjoined, But Ban On Internet Mail Up by Army Prison Ban On PLN Containing Postage-Stamp-Exchange Ad Is Enjoined, But Ban On Internet Mail Upheld by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (D. KS) enjoined Ft. Leavenworth prison officials from banning …
Guantanamo: Nine Months after the Supreme Court Victory, the Island Remains a Prison Beyond the Law. by Rachel Meeropol By Rachel Meeropol Consider the situation of Moazzam Begg. He is a 35 year old man with dual British and Pakistani citizenship. In early 2002, he was seized from his apartment …
Abu Ghraib's Stain on Military Medicine by Steven Miles by Steven H. Miles, MD This article examines the relationship of military medical personnel to abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. It is based on testimony before the US Senate and …
Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan by Matthew T. Clarke Three Americans, led by ex-special forces soldier Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, have been convicted of running an unauthorized jail in Kabul …
Business as Usual by Todd Matthews Wackenhut further angered state officials by saying they must pay for the empty bed space at the Santa Rosa facility caused by transferring prisoners to the Virginia supermax. According to the state's contract, Wackenhut claimed, the state must pay as though the prison is …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-Run Prisons in Iraq by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke American legal investigators have discovered evidence of abuse, torture and rape throughout the US-run prison system in Iraq. A Michigan …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
International Red Cross Suspects U.S. Hiding Foreign Detainees by The International Red Cross (IRC) said on July 13, 2004, that it suspects the United States is hiding foreign detainees in prisons throughout the world. According to Antonella Notari, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, terror suspects that …
No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction by by Matthew T. Clarke The Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based nonprofit legal center, helped Iraqi prisoners file a class-action lawsuit against private "interrogation services" contractors Titan Corporation and CACI International Incorporated alleging that Iraqi citizens being held without charges …
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