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| US judge halts deportation of Egyptian |
| 2007-06-16 |
| An Egyptian man won a reprieve Friday from US government efforts to deport him to Egypt, where he was convicted in absentia of murdering a woman. A federal judge in Pennsylvania stopped the deportation of Sameh Sami S. Khouzam while the court considers his argument that he cannot be sent back to Egypt because he will probably be tortured. "While Khouzam may have no right to be in the United States, he most assuredly has a right not to be tortured," Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie wrote in his opinion. "Granting a stay of removal to assure proper observance of the applicable law serves the public interest." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 The US would never send someone back to an oppressive government against his will. |
| Posted by: Elian Gonzales 2007-06-16 17:38 |
| #8 Frank: who are we to judge their culture? /multiculti that is sick good, ima keep thatr. ;-) |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-06-16 16:18 |
| #7 The Judge has completely missed the point. DON'T KILL PEOPLE, AND THERE'S NO ISSUE TO DEAL WITH send the bastard home, he doesn't like it, tough shit, obey OUR rules and there's no problem. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-06-16 11:19 |
| #6 Liberals. Hearts. Bleeding. |
| Posted by: Natural Law 2007-06-16 10:55 |
| #5 "Granting a stay of removal to assure proper observance of the applicable law serves the public interest." Big BS judge. It servers your pathetic need to feel morally superior to the rest of us. It does serve the 'public interest'. You're strata of the ruling class that thinks its 'cruel and unusual' to execute clearly and unquestionable people found guilty of the most hideous and brutal murders in society. Even though the Constitution literally says nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; which even a lay person can understand that granted due process, they can be denied life. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-06-16 08:27 |
| #4 who are we to judge their culture? /multiculti |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-16 07:53 |
| #3 Who says he's going to be tortured? Him? Of course he's saying that -- he doesn't want to go to Egypt! Used to be, when I was young, if you made an assertion in court you had an obligation to back it up with, oh, you know, evidence or something. Now it might be that Egyptian prisons are pretty rough. The whole country seems pretty rough so why should their prisons be any different? And I'm betting, I'm just betting, that Egyptian cons don't like wife-murderers much (unless it was an honor killing). But absent a clear demonstration of a reasonable belief of torture -- and I'd demand photos -- he goes back to Egypt. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-06-16 02:04 |
| #2 Khouzam may have no right to be in the United States Let's deport the judge instead. What's not to like? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-16 01:37 |
| #1 "has a right not to be tortured." Well, ah, actually, no, he has no such right... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-06-16 01:13 |