The Australian citizen David Hicks has become the first Guantanamo prisoner to plead guilty under the Military Commissions Act passed last year. Hicks has been held at Guantanamo Bay for the past five years.
That is the hypothesis of a law professor at Canberra's Australian National University. He points out that David has suffered 5 years in Guantanamo Bay and may have been convinced to plead guilty as his only way to get out of US custody.
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"David reserved his plea at the hearing," Terry Hicks, his father, said from the prison after seeing his son for the first time in three years. "He has put on some weight and he is aged, he is concerned he will not get enough legal representation and he wants to get out of that prison."
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Australian David Hicks was facing 20 years, but struck a plea deal that capped his sentence at 7 years. However, there was a secret plea deal that finally resulted in Hicks getting 9 months ... yes 9 months for being a terrorist against the United States. To top it all off ... he will serve his sentence in Australia, not in the US. Intense lobbying by Australia, including by Prime Minister John Howard, appears to have been a key factor in the U.S. decision to make Hicks the first detainee...
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David Hicks has said he was sodomized, beaten, and subjected to forced injections while in U.S. custody. The military denies the allegations.
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BBC News - Over the last five years, concern at David Hicks' welfare and ongoing detention without trial has grown in Australia. He has ... According to his father, David had changed by the time h
News.com.au - AFTER flying across the world Terry Hicks was able to hug his son, terror suspect David Hicks, and shake his hand during an emotional reunion today at Guantanamo Bay. Asked if there were
David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August, 1975), also known as Abu Muslim al-Austraili and Mohammed Dawood, is an Australian citizen being held prisoner by the United States Government at Guantánamo Bay ..
BBC News - The first detainee at Guantanamo Bay to face terror charges under new US rules, Australian David Hicks, has begun a hearing before a military court. He was charged with providing "mate
