A jury found that the arrest was legal but the long detention was not.
The sentence was considered as served after a long pretrial detention.
However, he was after a long detention acquitted for lack of evidence.
Iraqi officials have persuaded the Americans to release detainees, saying the long detentions are contributing to unrest and violence.
The defense lawyers and protesters claimed the police were using long detentions as a tactic to keep the streets clear until the convention was over.
The trial tests the government's practice of long detention of witnesses in terror cases.
Family members were concerned about the physical and mental health of the detainees after long detention, forced isolation and interrogation.
The Law contained provisions which can circumvent normal criminal proceeding such as quick and long detention.
During her long detention she has been operated on twice for cancer of the uterus.
I walked away from Steve's cell overcome by the pointlessness of his long detention.