Reply #6: Padilla could walk! Doubt he will though.

[freethought]

Some of the key charges the feds had against Padilla have been thrown out by a federal judge. The ones that remain are murky and nebulous at best. Right now Federal prosecutors are just playing for time to keep Padilla incarcerated. There is a possibility, I don't think a very big one, that Padilla could walk. The Justice Dept.
will find something that sticks.
Think of it though, after all the fear mongering, misrepresentation, misinformation, and outright lies that surrounded Padilla the probability, however remote, that he could walk away a free man. That would be a huge slap in the face to BushCo.
My own personal opinion is that Padilla will cop a plea, but it will be a far cry from what the Feds originally
wanted.