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January 24, 2007

Military judge orders modest bail for Damra

The Plain Dealer, January 24, 2007

Fawaz Damra, the former spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Cleveland, was ordered released from an Israeli prison on modest bail Tuesday. However, Israeli authorities exercised a right to delay the release to give them 72 hours to decide whether to appeal the judge's decision. Damra remained in prison in northern Israel, but maybe not for long. "These things are decided pretty quickly, particularly in light of the fact he's been ordered released," said Amos Guiora, a Case Western Reserve University law professor and once a judge on Israel's military court. Read article.

Posted by: Heidi Cool, January 24, 2007 04:56 PM | News Topics: Politics and Public Policy, School of Law, The Plain Dealer