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Originally Posted by dogzilla
For those whose guilt is in question, a trial is fine.
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Unless they've been convinced already, all of their guilt is in question. You can't just assume the evidence against someone demonstrates their guilt. That goes against our understanding of justice.
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Originally Posted by dogzilla
The problem I have with a civilian trial is the expense for security and such. There were claims that one trial in NYC would cost $1 billion which I found absurd. So let them have a military trial at Gitmo.
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They're not under military jurisdiction. They're not soldiers, they're (accused) criminals. Anyway, it wouldn't cost $1b multiplied by however many detainees there are. That $1b number is based on a show trial in NYC where one or a few detainees are tried publicly in what I would imagine would be an OJ Simpson kind of circus.
Military trials mean secret evidence and closed doors. Do you want the world to see that the United States doesn't kidnap and hold innocent people? You do that with trials on the public record.
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Originally Posted by dogzilla
...why even bother with a trial [?]
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You can't possibly believe this. At least let them plead guilty in court and then be properly sentenced. It won't cost $1b to have them take 5 minutes to plead and maybe a day in sentencing.