%0 Journal Article
%T United States of America v. Majid Shoukat Khan: Guantánamo's first ruling to consider torture in mitigating sentencing for detainees
%J Journal of forensic and legal medicine
%D 2020
%A Aggarwal, Neil Krishan
%V 75
%N 
%P e102053-e102053
%X In June 2020, a Guantánamo military judge ruled in United States of America v. Majid Shoukat Khan that he has the legal authority to mitigate Khan's criminal sentence as a remedy for illegal pretrial punishment if his attorneys prove that he suffered torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in government custody. This commentary analyzes the ruling and its implications for Guantánamo's legal system, detainees, and forensic medicine.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1752-928X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102053