November 17, 2008
The Right to Counsel for Guantanamo Bay Detainees
12:00 p.m.
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12:50 p.m.
Location: Room C5
"[A] rigged system that guarantees convictions in order to cover up wrongdoing..."
"Kangaroo courts..."
"[E]veryone involved is potentially guilty of war crimes ..."
Please join Professor John McKay and 2008 Reutlinger Legal Writing Scholarship recipient Jeannie Duncan for a brief discussion of the historic roots of the right to counsel, the restrictions on counsel for detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the future of these rights in light of current trends and the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Boumediene v. Bush.
Light refreshements will be served.
For more information, please contact Jeannie Duncan at duncanj@seattleu.edu.