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The military justice system in USA is a human rights joke: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_Guantanamo_Bay_detainees_accused_of_possessing

• philwelch 16y ago
  There's a major, important distinction between the kangaroo "military tribunals" Bush tried to set up for Gitmo detainees and the UCMJ. Nearly every veteran I've discussed the matter with would rather be prosecuted under the UCMJ than the civilian justice system.
• sp332 16y ago
  There have been some (recently a lot of) problems, but speaking in general terms, the US courts-martial have been and are a model of military justice the world over. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts-martial_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts-martial_in_the_United_St... The main trouble lately has been the use of military tribunals against civilians or "enemy combatants" instead of courts-martial or civilian courts. I'm all for calling out abuses, but I think it's a bit much to say the whole justice system is a joke.
  • Joakal 16y ago
    True. However, justice systems tend to be absolutists. That's why confessions under duress aren't admission-able for example. To see a select few can abuse the due process when they can, means that the system needs improvement. Plus, as you say, it's being used against civilians and enemy combatants.