Terror Suspect’s Jailing
Re “Judge Rules Terror Suspect Must Be Charged or Freed,” March 1: The imprisonment of Jose Padilla is one of the worst constitutional violations in American history. Padilla is neither a member of an enemy military nor an agent of an enemy government. To imprison him as an “enemy combatant” is to deny him his constitutional right to due process.
Josh Rivetz
Northridge
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