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Posts Tagged criminal prosecution

U.S. Will Transfer Gitmo Child Soldier to Civilian Court, But Still Won’t Let Him Go

By | 07.27.09 | 8:49 am

It wasn’t until late Friday afternoon that the Obama Justice Department, after years of wrangling over the fate of Mohammed Jawad, the Afghan boy arrested for allegedly lobbing a hand grenade at U.S. soldiers in 2002, admitted that it does not have enough evidence to continue to hold him More…

Obama Opposes Truth Commissions — But Not Prosecutions

By | 05.21.09 | 12:58 pm

It’s worth noting that in his speech this morning, while President Obama said he doesn’t think Congress ought to convene a truth commission along the lines of what Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) or Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) have proposed, he did not rule out More…