Entries tagged with “Allison Miller”
Military
,Oct 20, 2026
Last of Four Confessions Obtained in Guantánamo from Alleged 9/11 Conspirators Ruled Inadmissible
On October 7, 2026, Judge Colonel Michael Schrama ruled Walid bin Attash’s statements to the FBI inadmissible at trial due to the agency’s failure to notify him that earlier statements extracted during CIA interrogations could not be used against him. This decision marks the last confession to be ruled inadmissible in the joint capital prosecution against four defendants (Mr. bin Attash, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa al Hawsawi, and Ammar al-Baluchi), all alleged 9/11 conspirators — the first…
Research
New Voices
,Nov 22, 2022
NPR Investigation: The Death Penalty’s Second Casualty — the Execution Staff
Corrections personnel who participate in executing prisoners experience emotional trauma so profound that it changes their views about capital punishment, a National Public Radio (NPR) investigation has found. For stories broadcast on All Things Considered and posted on NPR’s website, reporter Chiara Eisner (pictured) interviewed 26 current or former corrections workers and others who had been involved in executions carried out by seventeen states and the federal government. “Most of the…