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Can the Death Penalty for Terrorists Fuel Violence?

By | 11.25.09 | 8:25 am

When Attorney General Eric Holder announced earlier this month that the suspected plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would be tried in civilian court, he also promised to seek the death penalty for all of them. But the heated debate that followed over the supposed dangers of trying “the More…

Congress Helped Prosecutors Avoid More of Those Embarassing Waiver Agreements

By | 03.31.09 | 5:56 pm

Since my earlier post on Yaser Hamdi’s express agreement not to sue the United States for his indefinite detention and mistreatment, Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf, who analyzed the Hamdi agreement shortly after it was reached, has provided a helpful clue as to why we may not be More…