Bostan v. Obama, No. Civ. No. 05-883 (RBW) (D.D.C.) (662 F.Supp.2d 1) (August 19, 2009) (Judge Reggie B. Walton)
Loaded on Aug. 1, 2009
published in Punch and Jurists
August 10, 2009
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Hearsay Evidence.
Here Judge Reggie Walton issued an important and far reaching order in which he essentially rejected the Government’s contention that all of its hearsay evidence about an individual detainee should have a special rank, admitted into court with a presumption that it was reliable unless detainees’ lawyers could show it ...
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