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U.S. v. Awadallah, No. 02-1269 (2nd Cir.) (349 F.3d 42) (November 7, 2003) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)

Loaded on Oct. 1, 2003 published in Punch and Jurists October 20, 2003
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Material Witness Statute.

Here, reversing two lengthy decisions by Judge Scheindlin, the panel gave its wholesale endorsement to the Government's post-9/11 policy of using the Material Witness Statute to arrest and detain indefinitely grand jury witnesses.

Last year, in two important decisions that were highly critical of the Government’s use (or misuse) of ...

 

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