Litigation

Friday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• Federal District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan indicated he is not likely to reverse a conviction against terror defendant Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, according to a New York Times article; Ghailani was acquitted on more than 280 other charges of conspiracy and murder (see Gavel Grab).

• A ProPublica article examining the Obama administration’s policy was headlined, “Guantanamo as Prison and Courtroom: Is a White House Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?”

• The Texas Civil Rights Project asked for revocation of the law license of Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the San Antonio Express-News reported. You can read more about the controversial judge in earlier Gavel Grab posts.

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 21, 2011 (boomark / email).