The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas has launced an investigation into federal crimes in the connection with the Sunday murder of Dr. George Tiller.
The USDOJ released the following statement on their website: "The federal probe will consist of a thorough review of the evidence and an assessment of any potential violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) or other federal statutes. The federal investigation will be conducted in close coordination with the Office of the Sedgwick County, Kan., District Attorney, and the state's ongoing murder prosecution will have the full support of federal investigators (http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/June/09-crt-555.html)."
Congress enacted the FACE Act in 1994 "to establish federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for violent, obstructionist or damaging conduct affecting reproductive health care providers and recipients (USDOJ)."
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Loretta King has directed the U.S. Marshals Service to protect "appropriate people and facilities" following the May 31 murder of Dr. Tiller.
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To read the USDOJ's entire press release, please go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/June/09-crt-555.html.
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Algerian National Transferred from Gitmo
An Algerian national was transferred to France after being held at Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Justice web site. The transfer was carried out Friday May 15.
According to the DOJ site, Lakdar Boumediene's case was reviewed by the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force following President Barak Obama's Executive Order, signed January 22, 2009.
"Boumediene was involved in the Supreme Court case, Boumediene v. Bush, which in June 2008 established the writ of habeas corpus for detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. In November 2008, a federal court ordered the U.S. government to take all necessary and appropriate steps to facilitate the release of Boumediene from Guantanamo Bay. He is the second Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to a foreign country following consideration by the Guantanamo Review Task Force (http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/May/09-ag-477.html)."
To read the entire U.S. Department of Justice article, please go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/
According to the DOJ site, Lakdar Boumediene's case was reviewed by the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force following President Barak Obama's Executive Order, signed January 22, 2009.
"Boumediene was involved in the Supreme Court case, Boumediene v. Bush, which in June 2008 established the writ of habeas corpus for detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. In November 2008, a federal court ordered the U.S. government to take all necessary and appropriate steps to facilitate the release of Boumediene from Guantanamo Bay. He is the second Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to a foreign country following consideration by the Guantanamo Review Task Force (http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/May/09-ag-477.html)."
To read the entire U.S. Department of Justice article, please go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/
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