Kangaroo Courts Carry On
Pentagon Sets Rules for Detainee Trials - washingtonpost.com
The military is once more prepared to try "enemy combatants" in military tribunals with relaxed rules of evidence, particularly allowing the admission of hearsay and evidence obtained through coercion (but not "torture') before Dec. 30, 2005. The tribunals will be comprised of American military officers and will have the power to impose the death penalty. Detainees have no right of habeas corpus, which has raised speculation that the Congressional act authorizing the tribunals will be struck down by the Supreme Court. Then again, why should anyone accused of being a terrorist have rights?
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