Mother asks for clemency for terrorist son
Posted on January 18, 2008 by Tracey
IN THE NEWS….Jose Padilla trained with al-Qaeda and was convicted of conspiring to commit murder. His headline case drew national attention to the controversial treatment by the Bush administration of military prisoners and “enemy combatants.” Padilla’s single mother, Estela Ortega-Lebron, spoke last year about the toll taken by the three years her son was held [...]
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