Nuremberg prosecutor says Guantanamo trials unfair

[babylonsister]

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Nuremberg prosecutor says Guantanamo trials unfair
11 Jun 2007 21:25:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
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By Jane Sutton

MIAMI, June 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo have betrayed the principles of fairness that made the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremberg a judicial landmark, one of the U.S. Nuremberg prosecutors said on Monday.

"I think Robert Jackson, who's the architect of Nuremberg, would turn over in his grave if he knew what was going on at Guantanamo," Nuremberg prosecutor Henry King Jr. told Reuters in a telephone interview.

"It violates the Nuremberg principles, what they're doing, as well as the spirit of the Geneva Conventions of 1949."

King, 88, served under Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court justice who was the chief prosecutor at the trials created by the Allied powers to try Nazi military and political leaders after World War Two in Nuremberg, Germany.

"The concept of a fair trial is part of our tradition, our heritage," King said from Ohio, where he lives. "That's what made Nuremberg so immortal -- fairness, a presumption of innocence, adequate defense counsel, opportunities to see the documents that they're being tried with."

King, who interrogated Nuremberg defendant Albert Speer, was incredulous that the Guantanamo rules left open the possibility of using evidence obtained through coercion.

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[ProgressiveEconomist]

1. Great find, babylonsister--a real "keeper"! You're on fire today. K&R. -eom-

[Solly Mack]

2. Mr King - the government doesn't care what you think. Just ask'em

they'll tell you - if not with their words - most assuredly with their actions.

[Gregorian]

3. Why aren't these so-called terrorists in American jails!

And why are they even in jail at all without any evidence?

It's a scam to legitimize their illegal invasion. These poor pawns are paying the price for Bush.

Bush is a Nazi appeaser. There, I said it.