Effective Terrorists Prosecution Act of 2006 - Amends federal armed forces provisions enacted by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 to, among other things: (1) exclude from military commission (commission) trials statements obtained by coercion; (2) allow a commission military judge to exclude hearsay evidence determined to be unreliable or lacking in probative value; (3) provide for review of commission decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces rather than the Court of Military Commission Review; (4) revise generally provisions concerning the implementation of treaty obligations with respect to the U.S. prosecution of enemy combatants; (5) restore habeas corpus rights for individuals detained by the United States; and (6) provide for expedited judicial review of provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11059-11060)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11060-11061)
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