Presentation by two lawyers that represent prisoners at Guantanamo following the screening of the docudrama "The Response", a movie based on transcripts from the Kafkaesque military tribunals that were held to assign prisoner status. Q&A augments presentations by the lawyers.
Evanston Public Library Neighbors for Peace "The Response" DVD available at http://www.theresponsemovie.com
Joseph Margulies is an attorney with the Roderick McArthur Justice Center and a Clinical Professor of Law at Northwestern University Law School in Chicago. He writes and lectures widely on civil liberties and is the author of "Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power."
Leonard Goodman is a criminal defense attorney in private practice in Chicago. A graduate of Northwestern Law School he has earned a reputation for taking on, and winning, the most difficult cases on behalf of clients at every level of both the state and federal judicial systems, including the United States Supreme Court. He teaches law at DePaul University Law School.
Joe Scarry is an Associate Producer of "The Response."