Hunger Strike

Rawstory

United States military authorities have taken tougher measures to force-feed detainees engaged in hunger strikes at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba, after concluding that some were determined to commit suicide to protest their indefinite confinement, military officials have said.

I don't feel too sorry for those individuals that deserve to be in Gitmo for legitimate reasons, but I must assume that some of the detainees that are being held indefinitely instead of being force feed should probably be given access to lawyers and a judicial hearing or even for starters charged with a crime. Just that nagging 5th amendment.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.