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Jose Padilla
WAX2002061101 - WASHIGNTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Jose Padilla was arrested in Chicago on May 8, 2002, on charges of conspiring to detonate a "dirty" nuclear bomb somwhere in the United States. This photo is from an October 1991 arrest in Broward County, Fla. rlw/Broward County Sherriff's Dept. UPI.

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Jose Padilla to get new sentence
ATLANTA, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court in Atlanta Monday ordered a new sentencing for convicted U.S. terrorist Jose Padilla, suggesting 17 years was too light.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Justice Department lawyer John Yoo is appealing a federal judge's ruling that Jose Padilla, held as an enemy combatant, can sue him.
CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The man accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" on U.S. soil is seeking a judicial review of his long confinement as an enemy combatant.
WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Lawyers for a detainee held in Charleston, S.C., allege he was systematically abused and there are videotapes to prove it.
Judge gives terror convict 17+ years
MIAMI, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Miami Tuesday sentenced Jose Padilla to 17 years and four months in prison for his role in a U.S.-based terror support cell.
Convicted terror backers claim innocence
MIAMI, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Two defendants in the Jose Padilla terror trial Friday told a judge at their sentencing in Miami they were never involved in terror plots or attacks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Convicted al-Qaida member Jose Padilla is suing 60 current and former U.S. officials for what his lawyers claim were abusive tactics used against him.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. legal scholars are looking at the conviction of Jose Padilla on terror-related charges as a new model for preventative detentions.
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