Judge Rejects Motion to Keep Bin Laden Driver Locked Up

[babylonsister]

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Judge Rejects Motion to Keep Bin Laden Driver Locked Up
Submitted by Chip on Sat, 2008-11-01 19:22.


Judge Rejects Motion to Keep Bin Laden Driver Locked Up
by Jess Bravin | WSJ.com


A military judge rejected a Bush administration move to that could have kept Osama bin Laden's former driver locked up for an additional five years.

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"The prosecution motion to reconsider, reassemble, reinstruct and re-announce a sentence is denied," he wrote.

"The administration's effort to vacate the Aug. 7 sentence and require the {jurors} to travel back to Guantanamo to resentence Mr. Hamdan never made sense to us and it apparently did not make much sense to the military judge either," said Harry Schneider, a civilian attorney for Mr. Hamdan.

Prosecutors, who were at Guantanamo Thursday for other cases, couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Although Mr. Hamdan's punishment is slated to end by January, the government maintains it may continue to detain him indefinitely thereafter, on grounds that he remains an "enemy combatant" who could take up arms against U.S. forces. The administration has not disclosed its plans for Mr. Hamdan.

[Judi Lynn]

1. Great news, isn't it? It was time for this man to go home long ago. n/t

[babylonsister]

2. I totally agree. It's a big FU to this admin, too. Well deserved. nt

[wildbilln864]

3. k&r'd! nt

[malaise]

4. It's over Bush

It's back to the constitution.

[jamesb2004]

5. Did the guy actually do anything wrong?

Strange how in everything I've read about this guy there hasn't been one word accusing him of doing anything wrong. Bush just picked the guy at random to inprison.