Captain Keith A. Petty is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Army. He is notable for being appointed to serve as one of the prosecutors on the Guantanamo military commissions, and has taken his arguments to the press.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
According to Michelle Shephard, of the Toronto Star, Petty has written and stated:[1]
"I often wonder why defence counsel bother facing the military judge during oral argument. Most of their statements seem pre-packaged for a press release and more appropriately aimed at the gallery in the rear. This should surprise no one. The effective public relations campaign by the defense coupled with an overly receptive audience in the press and (non-governmental organizations) will likely prevail."
Petty wrote an article for the May 2008 Middle East Institute entitled: Carnival of Justice: Military Commissions & Guantanamo Bay, where he claimed the commissions process "...is by any legal standards quite fair."[6] He wrote:
"But it seems that the commissions' proceedings are merely a sideshow in this carnival-like atmosphere."
Education edit
Legal career edit
The positions Petty has held in his legal career include:[5]
- Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;
- Assistant Professor of the War Crimes Prosecution Lab, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law;
- Brigade Judge Advocate, Baghdad
- Prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions.
References edit
- ^ a b Michelle Shephard (June 18, 2008). "Court of public opinion also weighing Khadr's fate". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ McElroy, Damien; Bay, Guantanamo (June 18, 2008). "Guantanamo terror trials to resume in wake of Supreme Court ruling". London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Relief Sought" (PDF). United States Court of Military Commission Review. August 9, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "The court was called to order at 1000, 24 August 2007" (PDF). United States Court of Military Commission Review. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b c Keith Petty (May 2008). "Carnival of Justice: Military Commissions & Guantanamo Bay". Middle East Institute. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b Keith Petty (May 2008). "Carnival of Justice: Military Commissions & Guantanamo Bay" (PDF). Middle East Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.