Syracuse University College of Law
On December 11, 2006, the Department of Justice quietly began to execute the initial stages of a secret new program, the Communication Management Unit (CMU).[1] At 7:00 A.M., seventeen federal prisoners from across the...
In Washington, debate roils on about whether terrorism suspects should be tried by military commission, Article III courts, some combination of the two, or not at all. The Obama administration’s highest profile decision to...
Humberto Leal Garcia savagely raped and murdered sixteen-year-old Adria Sauceda in San Antonio in the spring of 1994.[1] A Texas jury sentenced him to death.[2] On these facts alone, his case appears indistinguishable from...
