Obama Administration Seeks First Death Penalty Via Military Tribunal at Guantánamo
Submitted on September 30, 2011
By Kate Randall - 30 September 2011
The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will conduct its first death penalty prosecution at the Guántanamo Bay prison camp. In a posting on a new web site dedicated to the military tribunals, the Pentagon announced formal charges against Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, who is accused of planning the attack on the USS Cole in the year 2000.
