“Awadallah may be able to prove that he was unlawfully arrested, unlawfully searched, abused by law enforcement officials while in prison, denied access to his lawyer and family, and denied an acceptable diet,” Judge Scheindlin said. “In addition, his grand jury testimony may have had an illegitimate purpose and may have been conducted under unusually harsh conditions – testifying while shackled to a chair.”
A SAN DIEGO college student charged with lying to a grand jury about his knowledge of a participant in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will not be allowed to recant his testimony.
