U.S. v. Basciano.U.S. District Court ACCESS TO ATTORNEY U.S. v. Basciano, 369 F.Supp.2d 344 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A purported crime boss who was being held as a pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer , challenging his detention in a restrictive special housing unit. The district court granted the petition, finding that indefinite solitary confinement of the detainee was not reasonably related to the government's legitimate objective of preventing the detainee from allegedly planning or approving violent criminal conduct while behind bars. The court held that to justify such "harsh" detention, more substantial proof was required that the detainee committed or directed the crime of murder in aid of racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. while in detention, or had conspired with another inmate to murder a federal prosecutor. According to the court, the security restrictions placed obstacles on the detainee's communications with his attorneys, which was especially important because the detainee was charged with a crime for which he could receive the death penalty. (Federal Bureau of Prisons Noun 1. Federal Bureau of Prisons - the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes BoP , Metropolitan Correctional Center, Manhattan, New York) |
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