Word: tribunalsã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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According to the order, non-citizens accused of terrorism and tried before the tribunals??€”including legal immigrants who are permanent residents—could potentially lose the presumption of innocence along with many other rights central to the American conception of fair play. Before this tribunal, suspected terrorists—and the standard for suspicion is significantly lowered by the order—could be denied the right to see the evidence that would be presented against them. The military tribunal would be able to convene any time and in any place, including in secret locations inside...
...tribunals??€™ defenders, some administration officials among them, have argued that members of the al Qaeda terrorist network have been responsible for acts so horrific and so affronting to basic human values that they no longer deserve a jury trial. Yet the purpose of a trial is to determine the facts, through the presentation to a jury of convincing evidence that has been tested through the adversarial system. Once an individual’s guilt has been established, the sentence may follow—but the punishment for accused terrorists, like that for suspected mass murderers and alleged serial...
...These tribunals??€”which even Bush administration officials admitted would limit the rights of defendants more than standing military courts—would have the authority to render verdicts, up to and including death with a two-thirds vote of officers present...