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Posted: Sun 10:32, 01 Sep 2013 Post subject: that we are better |
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involving the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The prisoners are men,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not monsters, and they deserve under our rule of law to be represented by attorneys. This is so because by providing these men with lawyers we say,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], both to the detainees and to the rest of the world, that we are better,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that we are fairer, than those we fight. The second argument, made by the chief judge and repeated by Templeton,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is just plain ignorant. Continuing a tradition of volunteer legal service for our troops that goes back at least to World War II, the American Bar Association today has a Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel. The ABA also has the Military Pro Bono Project, which effectively helps all sorts of American military personnel. Here's what its website says:The ABA Military Pro Bono Project accepts case referralsfrom military attorneys on behalf of junior-enlisted, active-duty militarypersonnel and their families with civil legal problems,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and it places these caseswith pro bono attorneys where the legal
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