From Guantanamo to Supermax. Ghailani is sentenced to life for Embassy bombings.

[msanthrope]

It's the first civilian trial out of Gitmo, and this terrorist will spend the rest of his life in the Supermax in Florence, CO.

Thank you President Obama, for reminding us that our court system can work---and that it's possible to convict WITHOUT using confessions that might have been coerced.



Ex-Detainee Gets Life Sentence in Embassy Blasts
By BENJAMIN WEISER
Published: January 25, 2011
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The defense had asked the judge for a lesser sentence, citing the extraordinary circumstances of Mr. Ghailani’s case, like the years he spent in detention in a so-called black site run by the C.I.A., where his lawyers say he was tortured.
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Mr. Ghailani’s case had always conveyed layers of added significance. From a policy standpoint, the trial was seen as a test of President Obama’s intention of trying military detainees in civilian court “whenever feasible.” From a terrorism perspective, Mr. Ghailani was viewed as a bridge between two distinct eras: before and after 9/11, when Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden emerged even more prominently.

In the six years that the government says Mr. Ghailani was a fugitive after the attacks, he trained in Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and became a bodyguard for Mr. bin Laden — aspects of his life that the jury was never told.

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But on Tuesday, Mr. Ghailani’s sentencing was stripped to its essence. Judge Kaplan made clear that Mr. Ghailani’s treatment while in detention, or statements he had made before he was brought into the civilian system, were not factors in his deciding on a sentence.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/nyregion/26ghailani.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[Fearless]

1. So how about the rest?? Oh wait, silly me for "endangering America". Lol

[msanthrope]

3. I think the President is correct--civilian trials first. Of course, the Congress

has now effectively blocked the closure of Gitmo, and the transfer of prisoners to the mainland. I hope there's more trials, though.

[Robb]

2. Win.