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In Rare Admission, Justice Dept. Accepts Responsibility for Kennedy Error: According to Linda Greenhouse's follow-up for the NY Times, the Justice Department has admitted that government attorneys should have known about the change to military law which permitted the death penalty for child rape and should have filed a brief when the Kennedy case was before the US Supreme Court. Louisiana officials are considering asking the Court to review their decision. Difficulties Inevitable for Soldiers after Boumediene: According to the Rivkin and Casey op-ed in the WSJ, the Supreme Court's decision in Boumediene will have considerable long-term effects because of the dangers of collecting evidence on a battlefield. The long-term result is likely to be a significant number of prisoner releases after interrogation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).