The speedy trial rights of accused terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were not violated despite a delay of more than five years in bringing him to New York for trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Ghailani could not escape criminal charges for the al-Qaida conspiracy that included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa by invoking the Sixth Amendment. The decision provides new law in the ongoing debate over the extent of constitutional protections to be afforded enemy combatants.
July 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The speedy trial rights of accused terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were not violated despite a delay of more than five years in bringing him to New York for trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said that Ghailani could not escape criminal charges for the al-Qaida conspiracy that included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa by invoking the Sixth Amendment.
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