U.S. to pay $2M, apologize for false terror arrest--Imagine if he had no habeas corpus?

[trumad]

This case alone should be a shining example of how dangerous the elimination of habeas corpus can be. If he was arrested today, we may never have heard from him again.

PORTLAND, Oregon (CNN) -- An Oregon lawyer wrongly arrested and accused of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings has settled a lawsuit against the U.S. government for $2 million, attorneys told CNN on Wednesday.

Brandon Mayfield was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on a material witness warrant in May 2004, less than two months after the train bombings.

The settlement was confirmed by both sides. It was reached Tuesday during a conference with a federal judge, attorneys said.

The FBI identified Mayfield's fingerprint on a blue plastic bag containing detonators found in a van used by the bombers. However, the FBI's fingerprint identification was wrong and Mayfield was released several days later.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/29/mayfield.suit/index.html

[AnneD]

1. This was a crock from the begining....

I am glad he won redress. It is time this hysteria stop.

[rfranklin]

2. He WAS guilty, he just changed his fingerprints to embarass...

the Bush junta. I think he's probably a Democrat as well.

[Kadie]

3. .

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