Q: What is your occupation? A: Armed combatant. Q: Which clubs or organizations do you belong to? A: Right wing soldiers for Jesus Militia. Q: What is your age? A: Eleven. Little Man: You fum th' gummint?
Thanks, Churchy– With so many successful prosecutions in our courts, what’s the problem with continuing that process?
Keeping somebody (anybody, citizen or not) in a secret offshore prison for years without trial or hearing flies in the face of our entire system of jurisprudence.
Americans have had a reputation for a couple centuries of allowing the most heinous criminals their day in court, to confront their accusers, in a trial by their peers (a jury).
Gitmo is a serious blot on our record, the equal of Abu Graib; a shame that will take years to dilute.
Thanks, Churchy– With so many successful prosecutions in our courts, what’s the problem with continuing that process?
Keeping somebody (anybody, citizen or not) in a secret offshore prison for years without trial or hearing flies in the face of our entire system of jurisprudence.
Americans have had a reputation for a couple centuries of allowing the most heinous criminals their day in court, to confront their accusers, in a trial by their peers (a jury).
Gitmo is a serious blot on our record, the equal of Abu Graib; a shame that will take years to dilute.