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Judge Suppresses Coerced Confessions and Refuses to Delay Hearing in Gitmo Case

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle this morning denied the government’s attempt to further delay the hearing of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed Jawad and, as expected, ruled that his coerced confessions will not be admitted in his habeas corpus proceeding. This is the first time that a judge has ordered the suppression of statements in a [...]