legal

Immigration Detention Centers

Submitted by robin on February 17, 2008 - 1:41pm.

An acquaintance of mine was detained by Homeland Security. His recently expired US visa landed him in the detention center in Tacoma, WA, where he had no legal counsel for 6 weeks:

DOJ Prosecution Forces Scientist to Plead Guilty

Submitted by arthur on October 12, 2007 - 9:50am.

This is a hugely strange/alarming/important case that has clear ties to the legal changes that have taken place since September 11, 2001.

October 11, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACTS:
Email: mailto:media@caedefensefund.org
Claire Pentecost: 773-383-9771
Gregory Sholette: 212-865-3076
Edmund Cardoni: 716-854-1694
Igor Vamos: 917-209-3282
Lucia Sommer: 716-359-3061
Dianne Raeke Ferrell: 412-352-2704

SICKNESS, "ABSURD" DOJ PROSECUTION FORCE SCIENTIST TO PLEAD IN
PRECEDENT-SETTING CASE
Scientist's Wife and Daughter Comment on Case