The role of military commissions in adjudicating the cases of suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo and elsewhere was critically examined in two House Judiciary Subcommittee hearings last July, the records of which have just been published.
“My concern remains,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who chaired the hearings, “that we may be creating a system in which we try you in Federal court if we have strong evidence, we try you by military commission if we have weak evidence, and we detain you indefinitely if we have no evidence.”
“That is not a justice system,” Rep. Nadler said.
See “Legal Issues Surrounding the Military Commissions System,” July 8, 2009; and “Proposals for Reform of the Military Commissions System,” July 30, 2009.
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