Law Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
... of Military Commissions declined to comment to the LAT. Just two weeks ago the LAT reported that Darrel J. Vandeveld, a former prosecutor at Gitmo, testified that the U.S. government was not providing Gitmo defense lawyers with the evidence it had against their clients, including exculpatory information.
Law Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Last week we told you about Darrel J. Vandeveld , a former Gitmo prosecutor who, amid a crisis of conscience, resigned from both the military commissions and active military duty. This week brings us more Vandeveld-related news. Yesterday, the Pentagon dismissed war crimes charges in the cases of five detainees. Vandeveld had been handling all five cases. The dismissed charges,...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Lt. Col. Darrel J. Vandeveld became at least the fourth prosecutor to walk away from the tribunal in protest of political manipulations and withholding of evidence from defense lawyers.The military lawyers for two of the men also suggested the Pentagon might be attempting to clear the war-crimes court of controversial prosecutions ahead of the Nov. 4 election, as none of the trials could...
