March 26, 2007
His plea deal was expected. In return, it is thought that he'll get something less than a life sentence and will serve the remainder of his time in an Australian jail.
Pity, in my mind a life sentence would have been a good compromise for a plea. He deserved the death penalty.
The Australian Johnny Walker Lindh was the first detainee to be tried under the new military commission rules. Looks like the rules are going to work. Two of his lawyers were ejected from the proceedings today after they refused to follow the procedures and submit to the authority of the court. Pure. Political. Theater. All that was missing was "The truth? You can't handle the truth!" This is Gitmo, after all.
TERROR suspect David Hicks has pleaded guilty at a hearing at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.Do they have jailhouse bitches in Australia? I sure hope so........ Earlier today: Australian Taliban Trial to Open; May Plea BargainThe Associated Press reported that Hicks, 31, entered a guilty plea to a charge of providing material support to terrorism.
Hicks's military attorney Major Michael Mori entered the plea on behalf of his client, who stood alongside with a sombre expression.
The guilty plea came about an hour after the judge, Colonel Ralph Kohlmann, ordered prosecutors, Hicks and his legal team to return to court after the day's 3-½-hour hearing had already wrapped up.
Hicks announced his plea during the rapidly reconvened hearing at Guantanamo Bay.
Hicks answered "yes, sir," when the judge asked if that was in fact his plea.
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