Sentence examples for material detention from inspiring English sources

bIn the 2011 study on the material detention conditions in the Member States the SPOC network was made up of practitioners (Vermeulen et al., 2011).

Professor Carlson said material witness detentions should always be brief.

Blurring the Lines The distinction between criminal charges and material witness detentions have blurred, critics say.

Though grand jury secrecy laws prohibit most people with information about material witness detentions from talking about the cases, Ms. Brown continued, the witnesses themselves are free to speak.

His lawyers have also demanded the government explain at whose request, and for what purpose, the police seized "sensitive journalistic material" during his detention.

The A.C.L.U. says the destruction violated orders in a Freedom of Information Act case brought by several advocacy groups seeking materials related to detention and interrogation.

(Federal judges must approve the detention of material witnesses, and in the past some judges have allowed them to be imprisoned for as long as six months).

According to Human Rights Watch, the U.S. government eventually apologized to at least thirteen people for wrongful detention as material witnesses, and released dozens more without charges.

Criminal justice reform activists have fought back against the detention of material witnesses, arguing that it is unjust to imprison people who are not accused of crimes.

A federal district judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, had ruled in April 2002 that a law permitting the detention of material witnesses to ensure their presence in criminal proceedings did not apply to witnesses before investigative grand juries.

But they would be assigned a United States military official who would act as their representative, helping gather witnesses and evidence, including classified material, to challenge their detention before a military-appointed review board.