Guilty plea to get out: Hicks dad

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David Hicks pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge only to escape five years of "hell" at Guantanamo Bay, his father says.

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His father Terry and sister Stephanie met with Hicks for a total of three hours before the start of today's military commission hearing, which heard the guilty plea.

Terry Hicks said his son's admission was his only way out of the prison.

"He wants out," Mr Hicks told ABC Radio.

"It's the only way it looks like he's going to get out. No one's going to help him, the Australian government couldn't care, they don't care.


http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/guilty-plea-to-get-out-hicks-dad/2007/03/27/1174761469740.html

[mainegreen]

1. That was my first thought when I read the headline.

A guilty plea given under torture to escape hell is not a real guilty plea.

Our government is evil.