Comparison of rights in military commission trials and trials in federal criminal court /

While military commission proceedings have been instituted against some suspected enemy belligerents held at Guantanamo, the Obama Administration has opted to bring charges in federal criminal court against terrorist suspects arrested in the United States, as well as some terrorist suspects who were...

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Main Author:	Elsea, Jennifer (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, District of Columbia] : Congressional Research Service, [2014]
Series:	CRS report for Congress ; R40932. U.S. Congressional documents. Civil rights and social justice.
Subjects:	United States. > Military Commissions Act of 2006. Civil rights > Government policy > United States. Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States. Due process of law > United States. Military courts > United States. Criminal courts > United States. Terrorists > Government policy > United States. Combatants and noncombatants (International law) > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cuba > Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. Electronic books. Legislative materials.
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