Supreme Court decides Tapia v. United States
On June 16, 2011, the Supreme Court decided Tapia v. United States, No. 10-5400, holding that 18 USC § 3582, which instructs courts to ``recogniz(e) that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation,'' prohibits judges at sentencing from imposing or lengthening a term of imprisonment to promote the defendant's need for rehabilitation.
The US Supreme Court almost vindicated the trial rights of persons seized within the territorial United States by vacating an appellate court judgment in the case of al-Marri v. The case involved legal US resident Ali al-Marri, a citizen of Qatar who has been detained without charges since 2001.