A Year After Sentence: US court hears Dr Aafia’s appeal

Dr Siddiqui’s statements that were used to impeach her were not voluntarily obtained, she should get a new trial.

WASHINGTON: More than a year after the infamous neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years in prison on charges of attacking US soldiers, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard an appeal in New York on Friday. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Dawn Cardi, Dr Siddiqui’s lawyer, who has filed the appeal, said that they argued nine points. Cardi said Dr Siddiqui’s statements that were used to impeach her were not voluntarily obtained, and that she should get a new trial.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 11^th, 2012.