Reply #5: The five alleged terrorists will be tried under criminal law, won't they? [View All]

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I assumed that Holder was saying this, that they would seek the death penalty under criminal statutues. They will be tried in civilian courts, not the military commissions in Guantanamo that wanted them to be considered enemy combatants.

I'm not sure if you're saying that they won't be, or that you don't think the Republicans and their military commissions behind closed doors make sense. Personally, I want public trials where the world can see they get their day in court and get to present their best defense. I don't like the way they have already been tried and convicted in the public mind. I assume only the clearest and strongest cases will be brought to trial, but weren't some of the Guantanamo detainees sold to the CIA for a bounty by Afghan warlords, making their culpability suspect? I would rather see one or more go free than to have the slightest doubt about their innocence or guilt in closed door proceedings as the Republicans want.