AFJ Press Contact
Kelly Landis, Press Secretary
klandis@afj.org
202-822-6070
"Holding people without evidence or charges or trial is
barbaric, as is denying them the right to challenge their detention in a real court, a
right generally referred to as habeas corpus."
--New York Times editorial, April 6, 2007
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"It is hard to fathom how the federal judiciary at
any point in its history would willingly surrender its constitutional role in
guaranteeing that our nation treats those it imprisons justly. The whole world is
watching how America lives up to its own ideals."
--Philadelphia Inquirer editorial, February 22, 2007