I have a hard time distinguishing our basic tenet of justice for Americans, yet we show the world that we can and will imprison people indefinitely without trial. I don't like the fact that the Courts of the U.S are now considering the legality of keeping "pedophiles" locked up longer than their terms would dictate. Granted that these types of deviants have a very high recidivism rate. Hardly, can we as a nation, start locking up segments of society...going beyond normal courts, legislative laws and imprisoning citizens indefinitely. If you do your time, that should be when you are reintegrated into society.
Could be first step towards a New World Order where more lawbreakers are seized and interred without jurisprudence or any other means of showing ones innocence.... lakotahope
WHITE HOUSE WEIGHS OPTIONS
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. government is considering weighing its options for allowing the indefinite incarceration without trial of some terrorism suspects being held at the military facility in Cuba, the reports said Saturday.
The step by the Obama administration officials is being taken to avoid battling with Congress over proposition to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.
The White House has not yet crafted an executive order that would authorize President Barack Obama to forgo the controversial legislation to imprison terrorist suspects without trial.
"Civil liberties groups have encouraged the administration, that if a prolonged detention system were to be sought, to do it through executive order," Washington Post quoted an official without naming the source.
The civil liberties groups have generally opposed long-term detention of suspects without being prosecuted.
Analysts claim that the executive order could be in line with the legal doctrine of former President George W. Bush, allowing authorities to imprison those he deemed threats to national security during wartime.
Some of the top diplomats in Washington, including Republican and Democratic lawmakers, have recommended the government to set up a "national security court" to oversee the detention of "dangerous prisoners" who cannot be charged or tried.
But the Obama administration has not decided to establish the special court.
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