CJLF PRESS RELEASES
FEDERAL COURT REJECTS SUSPECTED TERRORIST’S SPEEDY TRIAL CLAIM
July 13, 2010:
District Judge Lewis Kaplan has denied a former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s claim—that his detention as an enemy combatant deprived him of his right to a speedy trial—
making him eligible to face trial for bombings of two U. S. embassies.
LEGAL GROUP ASKS GOVERNOR TO RESUME EXECUTIONS
June 16, 2010:
The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation has urged Governor Schwarzenegger and the
Secretary of California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to
resume executions under authority provided by state law.
HIGH COURT PARES BACK MIRANDA
June 1, 2010:
The U. S. Supreme Court has rejected a murderer’s claim that his confession should not have been introduced at trial because police had violated his Miranda rights. In Berghuis v. Thompkins the suspect’s initial silence during questioning by police was interpreted (by the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals) as a decision to invoke his right not to talk to police, even though he eventually did answer questions later in the interview. “The Supreme Court recognized the practical realities that the police face in dealing with suspects,” said Scheidegger.
