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Gitmo lawyer concerned about fairness of trials

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The lead Gitmo lawyer is concerned about fairness of the trials, from PaperChase. Many of the defendants are not going to participate in the trials, as noted here. One obvious concern of the Gitmo detainees naturally would be the zealousness of their military counsel. They logically find it hard to believe that a U.S. Military defense counsel would provide an adequate defense. But, from my experience, as limited as it is, and my readings, military defense counsel take these trials extremely seriously and do provide a zealous defense, as they are expected to. Case in point, "The Case of General Yamashita," by A. Frank Reel (1949), recently re-released in paperback. I acquired a used 1971 reprint which was generated because of the then current interest in the My Lai Massacre...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on April 27, 2008 (boomark / email).