Let me begin with an outrageous position for any lawyer – let alone one who once specialised in criminal defence. I believe that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) is guilty of conspiracy to murder 2,977 people in, and over, the US on 11 September 2001. What is much more outrageous is that the US, by its treatment of him, has foresworn any chance of legitimacy for the process of his prosecution and punishment.

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