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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It seems to me that whether he'd have been convicted in a fair trial would depend on what evidence was available that wasn't tainted by having been obtained in violation of his rights. I don't know the answer to that, but it's entirely possible that evidence was gathered separately from his gitmo detention, or that there's an argument based on inevitability of some sort that would allow enough in to get a conviction.
Either way, he'd presumably still have won the lawsuit, so that's a totally separate question from the settlement figure.
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His treatment prior to having any sort of a trial is the basis of his lawsuit, it didn't matter what his crimes were. To put this into context take any other criminal case, the charter guarantees you certain protections, when someone gets placed into custody there are limitations to what can be done to them while in custody and how long they can be held without prosecution. If the government is aware this isn't being followed and does nothing(or in this case participates) they are complicit in violating your charter rights, it doesn't matter what you did or are being accused of having done to get there.