In our system, even those accused of the most heinous crimes are innocent until proven guilty. Scratch that. Were:
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's rules for upcoming detainee trials would allow terrorism suspects to be convicted and perhaps executed using hearsay evidence and some coerced testimony.
[...]According to the 238-page manual, a detainee's lawyer could not reveal classified evidence in the person's defense until the government had a chance to review it. Suspects would be allowed to view summaries of classified evidence, not the material itself.
Sentencing people to death based on secret, hearsay evidence is contrary to everything this country supposedly stands for.
Remember, we now know, and the administration itself admits, that many of the people held in but recently released from Gitmo were there based on misinformation, some provided deliberately. We now know, and the administration itself admits, that in some cases detainees have admitted to committing the acts we now know they did not commit because they were "coerced."
We do not torture. But we'll admit testimony produced by torture. To do any less would threaten national security. Or something.
All in your name....
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