Abstract
On January 22, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama implemented Executive Order 13492. The order refers to the legal disposition of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and the termination of the detention center. The Executive Order lists five possible options to close Guantánamo Bay and to otherwise try and place current prisoners elsewhere: prosecution under military law, prosecution under federal law, permanent detainment, deportation and release. Still, Guantánamo Bay remains open. Guantánamo detainees exist in a legal limbo without formal charges and trial. Executive Order 13492 was created to place them elsewhere and close the detention center.
Recommended Citation
Diaz, Laura
(2016)
"Executive Order 13492: Legal Borderlands,"
Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science: Vol. 4
:
Iss.
1
, Article 7.
https://doi.org/10.31979/THEMIS.2016.0407
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/themis/vol4/iss1/7
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