AP Wire | 03/12/2004 | Charges Dropped for Briton Ex-Detainee
I thought this was a really interesting story. One of the five British men who recently returned from Guantanamo Bay has had certain criminal charges dropped. The reason given was that he's already suffered enough:
"It was decided that if he'd been found guilty he'd have gotten two years and he's already spent two years in prison in Guantanamo Bay," a prosecution spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity. "That (time served) would be taken into account. It would be a waste of procedure, really."
I was really impressed with this decision. It's a very compassionate way to go in the situation.
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