Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:07:05 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: Jailings Stirs Questions on Detainees' Rights to Representation
 and Bail
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<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25781-2001Sep25.html>

[...]

Attorney General John D. Ashcroft reported Monday that 352 people 
were being held as part of the investigation. Of that number, 98 were 
being detained on suspicion of violating immigration laws, while 254 
were held on other charges, including traffic offenses, misdemeanors 
and identification fraud.

Lawyers and legal scholars contacted yesterday said they could not 
recall a time when so many people had been arrested and held without 
bond on charges -- particularly minor charges -- unrelated to the 
case at hand. They noted that the Supreme Court permits such 
detentions when authorities believe an individual has information 
important to another case.

[...]




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