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Judge Orders Continued al-Marri Jailing

HeadlineMar 19, 2009

A federal judge has ordered the continued imprisonment of Ali al-Marri, who has been the only so-called “enemy combatant” jailed in the United States. Marri has been held in isolation at a naval brig in South Carolina for more than five years. He has never stood trial or been convicted of any crime. The Obama administration charged him last month to avoid a Supreme Court hearing challenging his indefinite jailing. Marri will be transferred to Peoria, Illinois for an arraignment hearing on Monday.

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