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{{Short description|Research organization analyzing national policies and practices}}
The '''Center for Policy and Research''' at [[Seton Hall University School of Law]] is directed by Professor [[Mark Denbeaux]] and is located in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]] in the [[United States]]. Founded in 2005, students, serving as Fellows at the Center, conduct the bulk of the Center’s research and policy analysis, as well as publish reports – in conjunction with Senior Fellows at the Center (working attorneys) as well Seton Hall faculty – on subjects of national importance. Major studies undertaken by the Fellows include research projects on: United States detention practices and policies (most notably in Guantánamo Bay); interrogation and intelligence gathering; proficiency tests of forensic witnesses; and the demographic impact of New Jersey’s Drug-Free Zones.
The '''Center for Policy and Research''' at [[Seton Hall University School of Law]] is a research organization that analyzes national policies and practices. Law students, participating in the Center as Research Fellows, work to identify factual patterns and inconsistencies in areas that help shape the law and public policy.


Under the direction of Professor [[Mark Denbeaux]], the Center's work focuses on three key areas: Interrogations & Intelligence, National Security, and Forensics. Among the Center's high-profile projects are the Guantánamo Reports.
==Guantánamo Reports==


The Reports have been developed by analyzing the government's own data through the systematic review of more than 100,000 pages of government documents procured through the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]]. The Guantánamo Reports, which totaled 15 by December 2009, have been widely cited, published, and reported throughout the world, including by both houses of the [[United States Congress]].
The Center has researched and published ten reports on United States national security and detention policies at Guantanamo Bay. The Center’s work on these issues has been presented during testimony at four difference Congressional committee proceedings.<ref>See http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/news_links.htm</ref> The Center’s reports have also been introduced to the European Parliament.<ref>See http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2006-0298&language=BG</ref>


==Reports==
The Reports draw on [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] data and public statements to develop profiles of the detainees in terms of the offenses with which they are charged, the places of their capture, and the terrorist groups with whom they are said to be associated. The most recent report focuses on Incident Reports prepared by the Government in order to assess the dangerousness of the detainees to their captors and various Government statements to determine how dangerous the detainees are to themselves.<ref>See http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/Guantanamo_Reports.htm</ref>


==Guantánamo Teach-in==
===Guantánamo===


The Center has released numerous reports analyzing aspects of the [[Guantánamo Bay detention camp]] and its operation, the characteristics of the detainees, and the camp's role in national security policy. The Center has issued reports regarding how the detainees were initially collected, weight data of the detainees, the [[recidivism]] rates of released prisoners, the incidents surrounding an alleged triple [[Guantanamo suicides|suicide]] at the camp in June 2006, detainee interrogation methods, and other issues. The various Guantánamo reports have been cited by various media outlets such as the ''New York Times,''<ref>{{cite news|last=Weiser|first=Benjamin|title=Secret Guantanamo Tapes Caught Detainees at Ease|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/nyregion/27ghailani.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=28 March 2012|date=October 26, 2010}}</ref> the ''Wall Street Journal'', the ''Los Angeles Times,'' ''Salon.com,''<ref>{{cite web|last=Baumgarten|first=Gary|title=Report Questions Detainee Deaths at Gitmo|url=http://open.salon.com/blog/garybaumgarten/2009/12/07/report_questions_detainee_deaths_at_gitmo|work=Salon|accessdate=28 March 2012}}</ref> Slate.com,<ref>{{cite web|last=Lithwick|first=Dahlia|title=Why aren't we talking about the new accusations of murder at Gitmo?|date=21 January 2010 |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2010/01/too_terrible_to_be_true.html|publisher=Slate|accessdate=28 March 2012}}</ref> the Huffington Post,<ref>{{cite news|last=Horton|first=Scott|title=The Most Innocent Explanation is That This is Gitmo Meets Lord of the Flies|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/07/the-most-innocent-explana_n_382263.html|accessdate=28 March 2012|work=Huffington Post|date=December 7, 2009}}</ref> CBS, MSNBC, and Fox News.
On October 5, 2006, the Center and Seton Hall Law put on the Guantánamo Teach-In entitled Guantánamo: How Should We Respond?. The Fellows organized an event that reached more than 200 law schools, colleges, medical schools and divinity schools across America.<ref>See http://law.shu.edu/guantanamoteachin/</ref>


The Center documented that an estimated 80% of detainees held at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] had not been captured in military action, as claimed by the Bush administration, but had been transferred to US forces by Afghan and Pakistani forces to receive bounty payments. Many of the detainees had been missionaries or charitable workers.
==Major Book Publications ==
Mark Denbeuax, and Jonathan Hafetz published a book titled "The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law" on November 9, 2009. The book, published through NYU Press, presents personal passages written by lawyers who represent clients held at Guantanamo Bay. There are deeply personal stories about the relationship between prisoner and lawyer, and stories documenting the red tape and secondary legal system established by the US Government to adjudicate Guantanamo cases. Center research fellows Grace Brown, Jill Gutieri, Mark Muio, and Michelle Fish served as editors for the book. Center fellow Adam Deutsch contributed a time-line of significant events at Guantanamo Bay.


In 2009, the Center issued a report, ''Death in Camp Delta'', which analyzed the [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service|NCIS]] investigation report, published in 2008, of the [[Guantanamo Bay homicide accusations|deaths]] of three detainees in Guantánamo Bay on June 10, 2006, which were reported as [[Guantanamo suicides|suicides]]. According to the Center report, the June 2006 deaths raised serious questions about the security of the Camp, the duties of officials of the multiple defense and intelligence agencies that allowed three detainees to die, and the quality of the investigation into the cause of the deaths.<ref>{{cite web|last=Horton|first=Scott|title=The Guantanamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle|url=http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368|publisher=Harper's Magazine|accessdate=28 March 2012}}</ref>
In addition, NYU Press is jointly creating an electronic archive within the NYU library. The archive will digitally preserve the primary reports and related documents related to Guantánamo Bay.


In 2011, the Center released ''The Guantanamo Diet: Actual Facts about Detainee Weight Changes.'' Using data of detainee weigh-ins released by the Department of Defense, the Center was able to discern that detainees’ weights varied so dramatically that many detainees have been obese briefly and under-nourished at other times. The same percentage of Guantánamo detainees have become underweight at some point as have become obese at some point.
[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0814737366]


===Abu Ghraib===
==Pending Reports on Forensic Evidence==
The Center is working to analyze the investigation of the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib prison scandal]], which was widely revealed in May 2004.
The Center’s current research agenda includes a systematic review of forensic evidence. The Fellows are seeking to determine the validity of different types of forensic evidence. As part of the current research, the Fellows evaluate the methodology, proficiency, and validity of hand writing, ballistics, finger printing, blood spatter, and tool marks. The Center will issue reports on the proficiency testing of all areas. To this effect, the Center has undertaken a two-year study on forensic evidence proficiency tests and forensic witnesses. The results of the Fellows’ proficiency testing – along with an analysis of the testing methodology – will be published when the testing cycles are completed.<ref>See http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/Forensic_Science_Reports.htm</ref>


===Corporate===
===Articles Published by the Center for Policy and Research===


The Center's corporate team recently published a report examining the investigation of [[Lehman Brothers]]’ business practices undertaken by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Examiner in the largest bankruptcy ever filed. The Center focused primarily on Lehman’s risk management and asset valuation—two aspects of company worth not readily available or discernible to the investing public. It notes that Lehman’s conscious violation of internal risk limitations as well as its conscious failure to accurately value assets was, alarmingly, found insufficient as a matter of law by the Examiner to trigger legal sanctions against Lehman Brothers or even a reprimand.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eichler|first=Alexander|title=Lehman Brothers 'Gut Feeling' Business Practices Accepted as Legal, Report Says|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/09/lehman-brothers-legal-practices-seton-hall-report_n_1137758.html|accessdate=29 March 2012|work=Huffington Post|date=December 9, 2011}}</ref>
*"[http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/upload/gtmo_death_camp_delta.pdf Death in Camp Delta]", December 7, 2009 (with Brian Beroth, Scott Buerkle, Sean Camoni, Meghan Chrisner, Adam Deutsch, Jesse Dresser, Doug Eadie, Michelle Fish, Marissa Litwin, Michael McDonough, Michael J. Patterson, Shannon Sterritt, Kelli Stout, and Paul Taylor).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/reports/detainees_then_and_now_final.pdf Profile of Released Guantánamo: The Government's Story Then and Now]", August 4, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Adam Deutsch, James Hlavenka, Gabrielle Hughes, Brianna Kostecka, Michael Patterson, Paul Taylor, and Anthony Torntore).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/reports/urban_legend_final_63008.pdf Justice Scalia, the Department of Defense, and The Perpetuation of an Urban Legend: The Truth about Recidivism of Released Guantánamo Detainees]", June 16, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Grace Brown, Jennifer Ellick, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, and Paul Taylor).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/captured_tape_2708_with_appendix.pdf Captured on Tape: Interrogation and Videotaping of Detainees in Guantánamo]", February 7, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Jennifer Ellick, Michael Ricciardelli, Matthew Darby).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/meaning_of_battlefield_final_121007.pdf The Meaning of "Battlefield": An Analysis of the Government’s Representations of ‘Battlefield Capture’ and ‘Recidivism’ of the Guantánamo Detainees]", December 10, 2007 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Grace Brown, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, Jennifer Ellick, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Courtney Ray, and Nebroisa Zlatanovic).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf No Hearing-Hearings]", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_june_suicides_8_21_06.pdf June 10th Suicides at Guantánamo]", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_final_2_08_06.pdf Report on Guantanamo Detainees, A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data]", February 8, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/second_report_guantanamo_detainees_3_20_final.pdf Second Report on the Guantanamo Detainees: Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy]", March 20, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_third_report_7_11_06.pdf The Guantanamo Detainees During Detention]", July 10, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_june_suicides_8_21_06.pdf June 10th Suicides at Guantanamo]", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
*"[http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf No-hearing hearings]", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).


===Forensics===
==Center For Policy and Research Cited Articles==

What sort of evidence is most reliable for revealing the facts? What is the effect when certain evidence is allowed and other evidence dismissed? How does the collection of evidence affect the outcome? The Center for Policy and Research’s Crime Laboratory is answering those questions and more as it investigates and evaluates the methodologies of forensic science to determine their validity and appropriateness.

===Drug-free zones===

The Center performed a quantitative analysis of [[Drug-free school zone|drug-free zone]] coverage throughout the state of [[New Jersey]] to determine whether or not they impose a disparate impact on minorities.

===Breathalyzers===

The Center published a report which exposed the unreviewable nature of New Jersey’s [[breathalyzer]]s and the evidentiary impact in the courts of that "unreviewability." The report points out that the contract governing the use of the breathalyzer, the Alcotest, forbids the State from providing its breathalyzers for independent scientific testing. In addition, the manufacturer of the Alcotest prohibits any entity other than the State to purchase the Alcotest, even for independent scientific testing. The report argues that the combination of prohibitions immunizes the Alcotest from challenge, and effectively prevents scientists and [[criminal defense attorney|defense counsel]] from determining its reliability.

==Publications==
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120215141428/http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/upload/The-Guantanamo-Diet-Actual-Facts-About-Detainee-Weight-Changes.pdf The Guantanamo Diet: Actual Facts About Detainee Weight Changes]", 2011-26-05
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120815140659/http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/upload/guantanamo-report-Rumsfeld-Knew.pdf Rumsfeld Knew]", 2011-03-03
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120215142413/http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/upload/drug-abuse-exploration-government-use-mefloquine-gunatanamo.pdf Drug Abuse: An Exploration of the Government's Use of Mefloquine at Guantanamo]", 2011-02-12
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120215140801/http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/policyresearch/upload/dod_contradicts_dod_final2410.pdf DoD Contradicts DoD: An Analysis of the Response to Death in Camp Delta], 2010-04-10
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091221185912/http://law.shu.edu/programscenters/publicintgovserv/policyresearch/upload/gtmo_death_camp_delta.pdf ''Death in Camp Delta''], December 7, 2009 (with Brian Beroth, Scott Buerkle, Sean Camoni, Meghan Chrisner, Adam Deutsch, Jesse Dresser, Doug Eadie, Michelle Fish, Marissa Litwin, Michael McDonough, Michael J. Patterson, Shannon Sterritt, Kelli Stout, and Paul Taylor)
*"[http://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/CSJ/upload/GTMO_Final_Final_Recidivist_6-5-09-3.pdf Revisionist Recidivism: An Analysis of the Governments Representations of Alleged "Recidivism" of the Guantánamo Detainees]", 2009-06-05
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120223165033/http://law.shu.edu/publications/guantanamoReports/torture_who_knew_final.pdf Torture: Who knew: An Analysis of the FBI and Department of Defense Reactions to Harsh Interrogation Methods at Guantanamo]", 2009-04-01
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120223165015/http://law.shu.edu/publications/guantanamoReports/propaganda_numbers_11509.pdf Released Guantánamo Detainees and the Department of Defense: Propaganda By the Numbers?]", 2009-01-15
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109190216/http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/reports/detainees_then_and_now_final.pdf Profile of Released Guantánamo: The Government's Story Then and Now]", August 4, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Adam Deutsch, James Hlavenka, Gabrielle Hughes, Brianna Kostecka, Michael Patterson, Paul Taylor, and Anthony Torntore).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109190234/http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/reports/urban_legend_final_63008.pdf Justice Scalia, the Department of Defense, and The Perpetuation of an Urban Legend: The Truth about Recidivism of Released Guantánamo Detainees]", June 16, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Grace Brown, Jennifer Ellick, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, and Paul Taylor).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305201744/http://law.shu.edu/news/captured_tape_2708_with_appendix.pdf Captured on Tape: Interrogation and Videotaping of Detainees in Guantánamo]", February 7, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Jennifer Ellick, Michael Ricciardelli, Matthew Darby).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821130613/http://law.shu.edu/news/meaning_of_battlefield_final_121007.pdf The Meaning of "Battlefield": An Analysis of the Government’s Representations of ‘Battlefield Capture’ and ‘Recidivism’ of the Guantánamo Detainees]", December 10, 2007 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Grace Brown, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, Jennifer Ellick, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Courtney Ray, and Nebroisa Zlatanovic).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070605131920/http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf No Hearing-Hearings]", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830232402/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_june_suicides_8_21_06.pdf June 10 Suicides at Guantanamo]", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830231908/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_third_report_7_11_06.pdf The Guantanamo Detainees During Detention]", July 10, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060611122530/http://law.shu.edu/news/second_report_guantanamo_detainees_3_20_final.pdf Second Report on the Guantanamo Detainees: Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy]", March 20, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070303154813/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_final_2_08_06.pdf Report on Guantanamo Detainees, A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data]", February 8, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).

===Articles Published by the Center for Policy and Research===


*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109190216/http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/reports/detainees_then_and_now_final.pdf Profile of Released Guantánamo: The Government's Story Then and Now]", August 4, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Adam Deutsch, James Hlavenka, Gabrielle Hughes, Brianna Kostecka, Michael Patterson, Paul Taylor, and Anthony Torntore).
Public Radio International interview 7-30-09: http://www.theworld.org/2009/07/30/preserving-guantanamo-history*[http://www.theworld.org/2009/07/30/preserving-guantanamo-history]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109190234/http://law.shu.edu/center_policyresearch/reports/urban_legend_final_63008.pdf Justice Scalia, the Department of Defense, and The Perpetuation of an Urban Legend: The Truth about Recidivism of Released Guantánamo Detainees]", June 16, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Grace Brown, Jennifer Ellick, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, and Paul Taylor).
Denbeaux statement to Senate Judiciary Committee 12-11-07: http://kyl.senate.gov/legis_center/subdocs/121107_denbeaux.pd *[http://kyl.senate.gov/legis_center/subdocs/121107_denbeaux.pdf]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305201744/http://law.shu.edu/news/captured_tape_2708_with_appendix.pdf Captured on Tape: Interrogation and Videotaping of Detainees in Guantánamo]", February 7, 2008 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Jennifer Ellick, Michael Ricciardelli, Matthew Darby).
Denbeaux quote in article about GTMO detainee held over charity ties: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/08/31/detentions_over_charity_ties_questioned *[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/08/31/detentions_over_charity_ties_questioned/]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821130613/http://law.shu.edu/news/meaning_of_battlefield_final_121007.pdf The Meaning of "Battlefield": An Analysis of the Government’s Representations of ‘Battlefield Capture’ and ‘Recidivism’ of the Guantánamo Detainees]", December 10, 2007 (with Joshua Denbeaux, Grace Brown, Jillian Camarote, Douglas Eadie, Jennifer Ellick, Daniel Lorenzo, Mark Muoio, Courtney Ray, and Nebroisa Zlatanovic).
Citation: 48 Harv. Int’l L.J. Online 69 (2007): http://www.harvardilj.org/online/111 *[http://www.harvardilj.org/online/111]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070605131920/http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf No Hearing-Hearings]", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
Citing Feb 2006 report: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/washington/26gitmo.htm *[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/washington/26gitmo.html]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830232402/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_june_suicides_8_21_06.pdf June 10th Suicides at Guantánamo]", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner).
Quote in- Guardian: 2-23-09: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/23/guantanamo-bay-prison-human-rights *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/23/guantanamo-bay-prison-human-rights]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070303154813/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_final_2_08_06.pdf Report on Guantanamo Detainees, A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data]", February 8, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
Report Site: 1-8-08: http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/08/innocent-in-guantanamo *[http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/08/innocent-in-guantanamo/]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060611122530/http://law.shu.edu/news/second_report_guantanamo_detainees_3_20_final.pdf Second Report on the Guantanamo Detainees: Inter and Intra Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy]", March 20, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, and Helen Skinner).
Report Study: 1-22-09: http://www.slate.com/id/2209404 *[http://www.slate.com/id/2209404/]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830231908/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_third_report_7_11_06.pdf The Guantanamo Detainees During Detention]", July 10, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
Denbeaux quote/study: 11-21-06: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=651492 *[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6514923]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830232402/http://law.shu.edu/news/guantanamo_report_june_suicides_8_21_06.pdf June 10th Suicides at Guantanamo]", August 21, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
Denbeaux quote: 6-14-06: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-14-bush-gitmo_x.htm *[http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-14-bush-gitmo_x.htm]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070605131920/http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf No-hearing hearings]", November 17, 2006 (with Joshua Denbeaux, David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman, and Helen Skinner).
Rafiq Lawsuit: 4-23-09: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/tunisian_man_sues_over_alleged.html *[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/tunisian_man_sues_over_alleged.html]
Denbeaux quote: 6-12-06: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199030,00.html *[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199030,00.html]
Report quote 2-11-06: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\02\11\story_11-2-2006_pg4_4 *[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\02\11\story_11-2-2006_pg4_4]
Report quote 6-10-09: http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-jersey-law-professor-alleges-pentagon-inflates-recidivism-of-freed-gitmo-detainees-76953 *[http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-jersey-law-professor-alleges-pentagon-inflates-recidivism-of-freed-gitmo-detainees-76953/]
Report quote: 5-21-09: http://sweetness-light.com/archive/1-in-7-freed-detainees-back-at-terrorism *[http://sweetness-light.com/archive/1-in-7-freed-detainees-back-at-terrorism]
Denbeaux quote/report: 1-14-09: http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2009-01/2009-01-14-voa12.cfm?CFID=309692450&CFTOKEN=35800358&jsessionid=8830d5fd70acd4a457a2019a215f5d3d1458 *[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2009-01/2009-01-14-voa12.cfm?CFID=309692450&CFTOKEN=35800358&jsessionid=8830d5fd70acd4a457a2019a215f5d3d1458]
Report site: 4-7-09: http://www.torturesnotus.net/pb/wp_5f06f211/wp_5f06f211.html *[http://www.torturesnotus.net/pb/wp_5f06f211/wp_5f06f211.html]
Report site: 1-25-09: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/25/national/main4752211.shtml *[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/25/national/main4752211.shtml]
Report Site: 5-20-09: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/politics/21gitmo.html *[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/politics/21gitmo.html]
Denbeaux quote: 6-12-06: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0612-03.htm *[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0612-03.htm]
Denbeaux Quote: 6-12-06: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5070514.stm *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5070514.stm]
Riccardelli site 5-27-09: http://www.shuruleoflaw.com/2009/01/27/209/ *[http://www.shuruleoflaw.com/2009/01/27/209/]
Report/Denbeaux quote: http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/1166 *[http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/1166]
Report Quote. 9-9-07: http://www.witnesstorture.org/who_are_they *[http://www.witnesstorture.org/who_are_they]
Report Quote: http://gdaeman.blogspot.com/2007/09/many-in-guantanamo-are-innocent.html *[http://gdaeman.blogspot.com/2007/09/many-in-guantanamo-are-innocent.html]
Report site 1-26-09: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/fd/refugeeresettlement_/RefugeeResettlement_en.pdf *[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/fd/refugeeresettlement_/RefugeeResettlement_en.pdf]
Report site 1-22-09: http://bucknakedpolitics.typepad.com/buck_naked_politics/2009/01/was-the-guantanamo-report-fake.html *[http://bucknakedpolitics.typepad.com/buck_naked_politics/2009/01/was-the-guantanamo-report-fake.html]
Denbeaux quote 2-24-06: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0122/p01s01-usgn.html *[http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0122/p01s01-usgn.html]
Report site: http://www.smh.com.au/news/richard-ackland/innocence-ignored-at-guantanamo/2006/02/23/1140670202994.html *[http://www.smh.com.au/news/richard-ackland/innocence-ignored-at-guantanamo/2006/02/23/1140670202994.html]


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* [http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/18/seton_hall_law_students_discover_us Interview on Democracy Now!]
* [http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/18/seton_hall_law_students_discover_us Interview on Democracy Now!]


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The Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall University School of Law is a research organization that analyzes national policies and practices. Law students, participating in the Center as Research Fellows, work to identify factual patterns and inconsistencies in areas that help shape the law and public policy.

Under the direction of Professor Mark Denbeaux, the Center's work focuses on three key areas: Interrogations & Intelligence, National Security, and Forensics. Among the Center's high-profile projects are the Guantánamo Reports.

The Reports have been developed by analyzing the government's own data through the systematic review of more than 100,000 pages of government documents procured through the Freedom of Information Act. The Guantánamo Reports, which totaled 15 by December 2009, have been widely cited, published, and reported throughout the world, including by both houses of the United States Congress.

Reports

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Guantánamo

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The Center has released numerous reports analyzing aspects of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp and its operation, the characteristics of the detainees, and the camp's role in national security policy. The Center has issued reports regarding how the detainees were initially collected, weight data of the detainees, the recidivism rates of released prisoners, the incidents surrounding an alleged triple suicide at the camp in June 2006, detainee interrogation methods, and other issues. The various Guantánamo reports have been cited by various media outlets such as the New York Times,[1] the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Salon.com,[2] Slate.com,[3] the Huffington Post,[4] CBS, MSNBC, and Fox News.

The Center documented that an estimated 80% of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp had not been captured in military action, as claimed by the Bush administration, but had been transferred to US forces by Afghan and Pakistani forces to receive bounty payments. Many of the detainees had been missionaries or charitable workers.

In 2009, the Center issued a report, Death in Camp Delta, which analyzed the NCIS investigation report, published in 2008, of the deaths of three detainees in Guantánamo Bay on June 10, 2006, which were reported as suicides. According to the Center report, the June 2006 deaths raised serious questions about the security of the Camp, the duties of officials of the multiple defense and intelligence agencies that allowed three detainees to die, and the quality of the investigation into the cause of the deaths.[5]

In 2011, the Center released The Guantanamo Diet: Actual Facts about Detainee Weight Changes. Using data of detainee weigh-ins released by the Department of Defense, the Center was able to discern that detainees’ weights varied so dramatically that many detainees have been obese briefly and under-nourished at other times. The same percentage of Guantánamo detainees have become underweight at some point as have become obese at some point.

Abu Ghraib

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The Center is working to analyze the investigation of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which was widely revealed in May 2004.

Corporate

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The Center's corporate team recently published a report examining the investigation of Lehman Brothers’ business practices undertaken by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Examiner in the largest bankruptcy ever filed. The Center focused primarily on Lehman’s risk management and asset valuation—two aspects of company worth not readily available or discernible to the investing public. It notes that Lehman’s conscious violation of internal risk limitations as well as its conscious failure to accurately value assets was, alarmingly, found insufficient as a matter of law by the Examiner to trigger legal sanctions against Lehman Brothers or even a reprimand.[6]

Forensics

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What sort of evidence is most reliable for revealing the facts? What is the effect when certain evidence is allowed and other evidence dismissed? How does the collection of evidence affect the outcome? The Center for Policy and Research’s Crime Laboratory is answering those questions and more as it investigates and evaluates the methodologies of forensic science to determine their validity and appropriateness.

Drug-free zones

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The Center performed a quantitative analysis of drug-free zone coverage throughout the state of New Jersey to determine whether or not they impose a disparate impact on minorities.

Breathalyzers

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The Center published a report which exposed the unreviewable nature of New Jersey’s breathalyzers and the evidentiary impact in the courts of that "unreviewability." The report points out that the contract governing the use of the breathalyzer, the Alcotest, forbids the State from providing its breathalyzers for independent scientific testing. In addition, the manufacturer of the Alcotest prohibits any entity other than the State to purchase the Alcotest, even for independent scientific testing. The report argues that the combination of prohibitions immunizes the Alcotest from challenge, and effectively prevents scientists and defense counsel from determining its reliability.

Publications

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Articles Published by the Center for Policy and Research

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References

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  1. ^ Weiser, Benjamin (October 26, 2010). "Secret Guantanamo Tapes Caught Detainees at Ease". New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. ^ Baumgarten, Gary. "Report Questions Detainee Deaths at Gitmo". Salon. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  3. ^ Lithwick, Dahlia (21 January 2010). "Why aren't we talking about the new accusations of murder at Gitmo?". Slate. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  4. ^ Horton, Scott (December 7, 2009). "The Most Innocent Explanation is That This is Gitmo Meets Lord of the Flies". Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  5. ^ Horton, Scott. "The Guantanamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  6. ^ Eichler, Alexander (December 9, 2011). "Lehman Brothers 'Gut Feeling' Business Practices Accepted as Legal, Report Says". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
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