Obama Quietly Plans U.S. Trials For Guantanamo Bay Prisoners
President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers are creating a proposal to ship dozens (maybe hundreds) of Guantanamo-Bay prisoners to the United States to face criminal trials.
Obama has opposed the imprisonment of the terrorist suspects in Guantanamo Bay, calling it a “sad chapter in American history”. He made a campaign promise to close the prison and said that the United States is generally equipped to handle the legal proceedings; however, he has offered few details on what he planned to do.
Under the proposed plans, some detainees would be released and many others would be prosecuted through the U.S. criminal court system.
The detainees who have cases that are entangled in classified information may see their cases before a new court designed to handle sensitive cases involving national security.
These plans were disclosed to the Associated Press in anonymity because the plans aren’t final. Stay tuned to Total Lawyers for information as it develops.
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