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Court Nixes Guantanamo Conviction of Australian Ex-Detainee
[ABCNEWS.GO] An appeals court on Wednesday struck down the terrorism conviction of Australian David Hicks, reversing one of the few successful prosecutions of a prisoner before a U.S. military court at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.The U.S. Court of Military Commission Review vacated Hicks' March 2007 guilty plea, the first conviction of a prisoner at the base in Cuba and still one of only a handful. "We had been waiting for this decision for years," Hicks said at a news conference in Sydney. "It's a relief because it's over." Posted by: Fred 2015-02-19 |
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