People who are accused must have the ability to confront and question their accusers, the right to counsel, and all fair trial guarantees.
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Nothing in the Geneva Conventions provides POWs with the right to counsel, access to the courts to challenge their detention, or the opportunity to be released prior to the end of hostilities.
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But it seems possible that the rules will include a presumption of innocence, the need for proof beyond reasonable doubt, and the right to choose your counsel.
Starr allies counter that the notion that the independent counsel had no right to investigate the Lewinsky case because he gained jurisdiction on the basis of a false statement is absurd.
Despite said inquiries, the defendant continued to waive his right to counsel.
Some investors demand a say in choice of counsel, the right to participate in strategic decisions, or the power to veto settlement offers.
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He decided to join the fledgling anti-abortion movement, and was hired as the general counsel to the Indiana chapter of the National Right to Life Committee.
In 1978, Bopp became the general counsel to the full National Right to Life Committee.
And in an article in the New York Times this week the White House chief counsel, Alberto Gonzales, stepped back on one point: defendants will have the right of appeal to civilian courts (through a habeas corpus proceeding).
UN's legal counsel told the Security Council that Morocco had no right to issue oil-exploration rights in Western Sahara without the consent of Western Saharans.
And Democrats, who have already conceded against sound counsel that the budget must be cut right now, seem perfectly willing to let their foes go there.
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