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September 30, 2010

Gitmo Prisoner Appeals Standards on Court Challenges
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A Guantánamo Bay prisoner meanwhile has filed an appeal to the Supreme
Court challenging federal court standards for determining whether
prisoners can fight their detentions in court. Lawyers for Fawzi al-Odah
say federal courts have made it too easy for the government to jail
prisoners indefinitely and too difficult for prisoners to challenge
evidence against them. A Kuwaiti national, al-Odah has been jailed at
Guantánamo for nine years.



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