Dean Hutson in the Wall Street Journal on Military Commissions (Pierce Law Reporter)

Dean Hutson in the Wall Street Journal on Military Commissions

Dean Hutson also appeared in the Wall Street Journal today with this letter to the editor:

Military Commissions Fail
One wonders why at this late date we don't just let terrorism cases at Guantanamo Bay go to Federal District Court ("Dispute Stymies Guantanamo Terror Trials," Politics & Economics, Sept. 26). I was an early and ardent supporter of military commissions. However, we obviously can't make them work so we should just give it up as a noble, but ultimately failed, effort. Rather than showcasing the best judicial system in the world, we are a laughing stock, or we would be if it weren't so unfunny.
John D. Hutson
Dean and President
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Concord, N.H.
(Mr. Hutson was judge advocate general of the U.S. Navy from 1997-2000.)

Posted by John McCrory on October 4, 2007 9:45 PM | Permalink

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