Military Law
Dec. 25, 2009
In Defense of Heinous Acts
First of Five Parts. Attorneys Kevin B. McDermott, left, and Joseph M. Preis, say taking military cases pro bono is a way of repaying the service they once belonged to.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
How can you defend those people?
That is a sneer criminal defense lawyers are too familiar with. The most diehard of the lot often retort that they are defending the Constitution.
So what of the men and women who, in the service of the nation, are accused of committing unspeakable acts in the theater of war? Rape. Murder of unarmed civilians. Torture.
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