GUANTANAMO

Please no. The possibility contained in draft legislation to go before Congress to permit Guantánamo's suspected terrorists, who are facing the death penalty to plead guilty and so avoid full trial has sent a shiver down my spine.

The aberration of justice that Guantanamo has been would only be mired further by this move towards an expedient solution that is willing to be careless with life.

Our values and our democracy are based upon the sanctity of life, irrespective of the detainees actions. A full and fair trial must be at the basis of any final verdict that could result in a death penalty being passed, though the death penalty itself is also an aberration.