July 14, 2005 Congressional Testimony
Hutson testified before the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, offering his opinion on the detention of "unlawful combatants". Hutson said that he had been an early supporter of trial by military commission — provided those military commissions were conducted fairly. But he thought that the proposed process was flawed, and there had been too long a delay. In his prepared statement he argued that the captives should face charges before Military Courts Martial. And he argued that if they were to be convicted, they should be convicted using a high standard of proof. He also argued that the captives who were not charged should not be held indefinitely.
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