Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Meanwhile the circus continues at the military tribunals...


You may recall a few short months ago the defense team representing Nashiri resigned because of the ongoing interference into their attorney client relationship. The resignation led the chief judge to sentence the lead attorney to 21 days in the brig- at which time the lead attorney was forced to file his own habeas case. The only military attorney left representing Mr. Nashiri is not qualified to represent an individual facing the death penalty. This has led the judge and the prosecutors- who clearly know nothing about the qualifications to represent someone facing the death penalty- to belittle and attempt to bully the remaining attorney.. to no avail... the attorney is doing a good job of just ignoring them and staying focused on the injustice to his client.

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