Sentence examples for tribunal trials from inspiring English sources
No military tribunal trials took place, however, nor were any scheduled.
The current dispute traces back to two tribunal trials from 2008.
The shift was foreshadowed by stiffening Congressional resistance to bringing Guantánamo detainees into the United States, and by other recent steps clearing the way for new tribunal trials.
Preparations for the tribunal trials — including the circulation of new draft regulations for conducting them — were described by several administration officials familiar with the discussions.
Vatican court: the tribunal Trials in the Vatican's wood-panelled court room, in a Renaissance building at Santa Marta Square in the heart of the tiny state, are not as rare as some might imagine.
Without such charges, which make it easier to prosecute people who participated in Al Qaeda but are not linked to a specific attack, fewer Guantánamo detainees can receive tribunal trials.
A tribunal trial, Mr. Spence said, "would be an absolute charade".
The Obama administration has claimed with much sanctimony that terrorists deserve civil court trials, not military tribunals.
The administration defends this action by citing a 1942 Supreme Court ruling on a military-tribunal trial of eight Nazi saboteurs in the second world war.
Mr. Chalabi, a nephew of the former American ally Ahmad Chalabi, said capital punishment would be available to the judges in the special tribunal's trials, even if it were formally restored after the current hearings began.
Officials said most Bagram detainees were captured on the battlefield, making them potentially more suitable for military tribunals than trials in federal court.
