Guantanamo US Supreme Court ruling ‘won’t help David Hicks’
Paul Maley; 17/6/08
A USA Supreme Court ruling that gives detainees at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention in US courts will have no impact on the conviction of David Hicks nor the pending trial of alleged Bali bomber Hambali. The chief prosecutor for the military commissions, Colonel Larry Morris, told The Australian that speculation the Supreme Court’s ruling could open the door to legal challenges that might ultimately render the commissions unlawful - and the Hicks conviction along with it - was unrealistic. “Even those most sympathetic to him and most critical of us would have a hard time making that case,” he said. Colonel Morris said the Supreme Court’s decision did not deal directly with the military commissions system. Rather, it dealt with the right of detainees to challenge their incarceration. “It does not - even by the most liberal interpretation - deal with the validity of the judicial process,” he said.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23876016-5013404,00.html
Tags: Human Rights, Terrorism, USA