Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled yesterday that accused terrorist Ahmed Khalfan 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. While Judge Kaplan acknowledged that enemy combatants like Mr. Ghailani have rights under the Sixth Amendment, he concluded that the delay in bringing Mr. Ghailani to trial, after he spent two years in CIA custody and three more at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, was constitutional.
July 13, 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 yesterday.
Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said that Mr. 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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