The Supreme Court blocked the execution saying that "The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances" (Savage, A5). ... She goes on to say "France and other countries have found it politic to release some militants in order to make a separate peace with terrorist groups" (Bravin, A3). ... The State Department human rights report of 2000 notes that "Cairo's use of military courts - created in 1992 to counter a wave of terrorist violence...

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