Then there's the question of due process - school officials argue that kids at suspension hearings have no right to a lawyer, because the hearing is a conference, not an adversary procedure.
In other words, this was never a question of due process when it came to Kelly, who never had the benefit of due process himself before he was murdered.
I have questioned the N.C.A.A.'s lack of due process and its indifference to the most rudimentary concepts of fairness.
Whether or not a person can be required to unlock the device is a complicated question — intertwined with the right of due process and the right to avoid self-incrimination — that ought to be carefully considered by a court in the context of each individual situation.
It is the questions at the center of the hearing — of due process, personal opinion, and the E.P.A.'s proper role — that seem bound to keep North's name in the news, even if the legal disagreement is eventually settled.
Bill van Esveld, a researcher for Human Rights Watch, said the case raised serious questions about fundamental prisoners' rights including lack of due process, what information was given to the man's family and rights of consular access under international treaty obligations.
The real question, however, is whether he has any chance of due process or, should it ever come to it, a fair and open trial.
