| Military Commissions Perspective |
In July 2012, former NACDL law clerk Ashley Chin Richardson observed the military commissions from Ft. Meade. She shares her experience with readers of The Champion, expressing shock at the blatant imbalance in resources afforded the defense team and pointing out that in the commissions a defendant is not automatically allowed access to all the evidence against him. |
| By Ashley Chin Richardson in August 2012 |
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| Military Commissions Perspective |
| During the Jan. 28-31, 2013, hearings at “Camp Justice” at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, it became apparent that a third party, outside the strictures of the military commissions, had been listening to proceedings and had the ability to close the courtroom to the public, without the knowledge of the judge and without going through proper legal procedures. |
| By Mason C. Clutter in March 2013 |
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| An Illegitimate System Of Justice Designed to Protect Secrets (Military Commissions Perspective) |
| The old phrases “you would have to see it to believe it,” and “you cannot make this stuff up” come to mind when thinking about the latest sessions of the Guantánamo military commissions. During the weeks of October 15 and October 22, hearings were held in the cases against the alleged 9/11 co-conspirators and the alleged USS Cole bomber before Judge Pohl in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The military court is closed until 2013. And, thank goodness, because after the October hearings observers’ heads are likely still spinning from the latest happenings. |
| By Mason C. Clutter in December 2012 |
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| 9/11 Trial Underway at Guantánamo Bay (Military Commissions Perspective) |
A key component of fairness is to ensure that the defense is provided with the resources it needs to zealously represent the individuals being held at Guantánamo Bay. |
| By Mason C. Clutter in July 2012 |
| Category: The Champion Magazine |
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