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Lessons From Padilla - We No Longer Have To Fear... Defense Lawyers

By Brian Tannebaum

So Jose Padilla was convicted here in Miami yesterday. The community reacted with a big loud "whatever."He's going to prison, probably for the rest of his life. CNN reported this as a "huge victory for the Bush Administration." Padilla's mother disagreed. The prosecutors quietly left court, as did the defense lawyers, although they were heard to have voices cracking after the verdict.One of the issues on appeal will be his lengthy stay on a Navy Brig without access to counsel or charges against him. We live in a country where that happens. We take people into custody, without charges, deny them access to lawyers, or file charges against them. They are enemies, enemy combatants to be exact.Even speaking about this these days is deemed to be "unpatriotic" and "liberal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on August 17, 2007 (boomark / email).