Administration Accused of Holding Detainees That It Knew Were Innocent

On the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision affirming basic constitutional protections for detainees, a report has emerged that shows precisely why habeas corpus is so important. The Administration is accused of knowing that certain detainees were in fact innocent but still held them for years.

Mohammed Akhtiar is one of roughly 770 terrorism suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, under the claim that he was one of “the worst of the worst.” Yet, it appears that the government knew that he was not guilty at all, but without any access to federal courts he was left to the mercies of the Bush Administration — which had little interest in correcting the injustice done to him, according to this report.

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