Uniform Code of Military Justice

Uniform Code of Military Justice

George Cole, a professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University, states, to adopt this military tribunal is essentially to throw out the window all of the protections we have for 200 years considered critical to a fair determination of guilt. (Tribunals Under Fire) First and foremost, fair has little to do with the legality of using military tribunals to try these detainees. Life is not always fair. It was not fair for hundreds of innocent people to die because they live free lives, or for the thousands of others who lost loved ones. ...