JOSE PADILLA JURY SELECTION IN MIAMI

A security employee lowers the flag at half mast after U.S. President George W. Bush ordered all Federal installations to do so in honor of the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting at the United States Federal Court in Miami on April 17, 2007. Jury selection continues today in the case against the suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla in which he is accused of being linked to the "dirty bomb" plot. (UPI Photo/John Riley)

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UPI Almanac for Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008.

Detainee charges abuse, seeks review

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.

Padilla files suit against U.S. officials

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.

Padilla case raises attorney access issue

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.

Padilla guilty in terror trial

MIAMI, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Miami found former “enemy combatant” Jose Padilla guilty Thursday in a major terror trial after a day and a half of deliberations.

Deliberations start in terrorism case

MIAMI, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The first day of deliberations in the terrorism trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants ended in Miami Wednesday with no verdict being reach by the jury.

Terror suspect isolated for three years

MIAMI, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida suspect Jose Padilla, who is being tried in Miami, was kept isolated from other humans for more than three years as part of his interrogation.

Terror prosecutors make closing arguments

MIAMI, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Three South Florida terror suspects supported radical Muslim groups that killed and maimed those they deemed enemies of Islam, prosecutors asserted Monday.