Paper's abstract

Jonathan Frieman, About the Community of Human Rights Protection after September 11
The Padilla case is one of the most famous post 9/11 cases. Padilla, a US citizen, was arrested in 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and subsequently detained as an "enemy combatant" at a Navy military brig in Charleston, South Carolina. Initially alleged to have planned the explosion of a "dirty bomb" in the United States, Padilla went from enemy combatant to criminal defendant when he was finally charged in November 2005 and transferred to civilian custody in January 2006. Padilla was finally convicted in August 2007 of conspiracy to commit illegal violent acts outside the US, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists. Early 2008 and after many years, Jose Padilla was finally sentenced to 17 years and four months in prison in connection with his conviction on terrorism-related charges. In this interview, Jonathan M. Freiman, one of the attorneys representing him at the merits stage in the U.S. Supreme Court, relates this procedure. It is also a fascinating way to delve into one of the characteristic features of US law schools (the clinical studies) and US law (the civil rights litigation and activism).

Key Words : Human rights, september 11
t. 51, 2008 : p. 253-265