Justice, once corrupted, ceases to exist.

The Bill of Rights outlined in the United States Constitution do not apply to Mr. Hamdan because he is not a United States citizen. The international treaties signed by this country regarding enemy combatants will apply to Mr. Hamdan. He is detained by the United States military as an enemy combatant and should tried as such.

The trial of terrorist Moussaoui was held in federal court in accordance with federal law. He was detained by federal law enforcement officers (FBI and INS) and held in federal custody, never entering the domain of military control. Although he requested the death penalty, the torment he will face from a life sentence inside of an American prison is a far more gratifying punsihment for such a terrorist.

Furthmore, we as Americans forget that the people we are at war with will not hesitate to kill any U.S. citizen or ally. They brought the war to our home and that we can not let stand. I’m not condoning the Iraq war, I am however, condoning the anti-terrorist actions taken in Afganistan, Pakistan, and other countries that terrorists seek to form a base of stability and terror through bombings, assasinations, and kidnapping. We are at war to maintain stability and tranquility within our borders.

Terrorists should be tried by military tribunals in accordance with international law just like the war criminals of Nazi Germany, Darfur, or Czechislovakia. Although they do not have a standard country of origin, standard uniform, or insignia thereof they are hostile enemby combatants and should be treated as such.

Is there anything defining what is speedy and what is not? Isn’t it generally the attorney’s, both sides, that delays any trial?

As far as ” public” goes I do not feel that withholding TV court room coverage denies a public trial. The thought of media coverage is certainly new and was never intended that someone would benefit, financally, other that the attorneys who always win regardless of the outcome for either side.

In the case of Terence Hough…where is the remorse,the emotion in Terry Hough.If indeed it was a case of no intent in his defense…why the stoic unfeeling appearance of this defendant?As a jurist that would affect me more than anything.Even with the heart wrenching appearance of his Mom, he showed no emotion.The testimony of the survivors had me in tears,and the pictures of the crime scene were horrifying…yet he sat unaffected.

Ted Bundy was tried in public. Scott Peterson was as well.
Drew Peterson will get his, I hope in public.
But these guys had no possible secret connections to international terrorists.
Gitmo is full of guys with such secrets and I approve of any secret trials and other methods of learning all we can in order to prevent attacks against Americans here or anywhere in the world.

The statistics shown on Gitmo as to the number detained and the number released . It would be great to show the number released and recaptured fighting against the U.S.