REAL COURT
CSRT
HOLLYWOOD COURT
Place:
Established
courthouse
Room in GTMO
Sound stage set up like a
set up like a court
court
WHICH “COURT” DOES THE CSRT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLE?
Judge:
Real Judge
Non-lawyer military
Actor playing the part of a
(elected or appointed)
officer playing the
“judge”
part of a “judge”
Prosecutor:
Real lawyer
Non-lawyer military
Actor playing the part of a
officer playing the
“prosecutor”
part of a “prosecutor”
Defense
Real lawyer
Non-lawyer “personal
Actor playing the part of a
Counsel:
representative”
“defense counsel”
playing the part of a
“defense counsel”
Accused:
Innocent until proven
Guilty until proven
According to the script
guilty
innocent
Accused’s
Voluntary words chosen
Fictional scenarios
Fictional scenarios
Statements:
by the accused
concocted and
concocted by screenwriters
coerced by
interrogators
Evidence:
Governed by Rules of
Whatever the
Whatever the director wants
Evidence
presiding officer
presented
wants presented
