'American Taliban' Lindh seeks group prayer in Indiana prison

[Zeus]

He's in a unit that allows them to play basketball and board games with each other. I would guess that the Prison Christian fellowships are allowed to pray together. If that is the case, then it is discrimination, regardless of what the crime is that he was convicted of.

If the Christian groups are currently also denied the right to pray together, a victory in this case would also give them the right to do so.

I agree. If they are already allowed to congregate to play games etc,getting together for prayer can't be much of a security risk. As long as it done during rec time or otherwise allowed out of their cells.

[LukeEDay]

He is a terrorist, he gets no rights.

[txradioguy]

He is a terrorist, he gets no rights.

QFT

[Zeus]

Conspiracy to Murder U.S. Nationals (18 U.S.C. § 2332(b)) (Count One)
Conspiracy to Provide Material Support & Resources to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (18 U.S.C § 2339B) (Counts Two & Four);
Providing Material Support & Resources to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (18 U.S.C. §§ 2339B & 2) (Counts Three & Five);
Conspiracy to Contribute Services to al Qaeda. (31 C.F.R. §§ 595.205 & 595.204 & 50 U.S.C. § 1705(b)) (Count Six);
Contributing Services to al Qaeda (31 C.F.R. §§ 595.204 & 595.205, 50 U.S.C. § 1705(b) & 18 U.S.C. § 2) (Count Seven);
Conspiracy to Supply Services to the Taliban (31 C.F.R. §§ 545.206(b) & 545.204 & 50 U.S.C. § 1705(b)) (Count Eight);
Supplying Services to the Taliban (31 C.F.R. §§ 545.204 & 545 206(a), 50 U.S.C. § 1705(b) & I8 U.S.C. §2) (Count Nine);
Using and Carrying Firearms and Destructive Devices During Crimes of Violence (I8 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) & 2) (Count Ten)


Those are all the charges the little scumbag was found guilty of. And somehow instead of assuming room temperature...he's only serving 20 years and at some point will be released back into society.

The court had scheduled an evidence suppression hearing, at which Lindh would have been able to testify about the details of the torture to which he claimed he was subjected. The government faced the problem that a key piece of evidence – Lindh's confession – might be excluded from evidence as having been forced under duress (i.e. torture). Under a plea bargain agreement offered Lindh plead guilty to two charges: — supplying services to the Taliban (50 U.S.C.§ 1705(b), 18 U.S.C.§ 2, 31 C.F.R.545.204, and 31 C.F.R.545.206a) and carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony (18 U.S.C.§ 844(h)(2)). He would have to consent to a gag order that would prevent him from making any public statements on the matter for the duration of his 20-year sentence, and he would have to drop any claims that he had been mistreated or tortured by U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and aboard two military ships during December 2001 and January 2002. In return, all other charges would be dropped.

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