ABA Approves Resolutions at Annual Meeting

Yesterday, the American Bar Association approved the following resolutions:

• overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning the government's handling of foreign detainees and recommending changes in the law to deal with abuses;


• voted to lobby Congress and states to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences;


• approved a resolution that addressed the legal status of human clones.

See ABA Condemns Bush Administration's Handling of Detainees for more coverage.