[free-sklyarov] Legal Question

[Declan McCullagh]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 04:13:25PM -0400, Andrew Lawrence wrote:

> Is it not possible to use the fact that this process may take years, probably 
> staying the prosecuting of Mr Sklyarov, to obtain bail or release for him.
> 
> It appears to me, as a layman from another country, that holding someone, 
> especially a foreign citizen, in jail for years, so that they could possibly 
> be prosecuted goes against all principles of freedom and due process.

The problem is that this is what the allow allows. It doesn't require it,
but the law does permit it. Blame Congress.

-Declan