Court weighs detainees' right to challenge imprisonment
Cases that were filed before rules changed at issue
WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for about 490 Guantanamo Bay detainees told the nation's second-highest court yesterday that the prisoners must be allowed to show judges any evidence that they are the innocent victims of a mistake. But the Bush administration argued that a new law strips the detainees of the right to challenge their imprisonment in court. (Full article: 482 words)
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