Michael Scharf Quotes (7 Quotes)

But that's going to be a little difficult because Saddam Hussein has a reputation for not putting anything in writing because he wanted to avoid this very thing.

The defense attorneys in part brought this tragic situation upon themselves when they elected to have their faces and identities broadcast during the first day of the trial,

This is one of the most important trials of our lifetimes, ... the number of victims ... the status of the defendant ... and the fact that the whole world went to war against this man in 1991.

He needs to cite the precedents of the Yugoslavia tribunal, the Rwanda tribunal, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and domestic courts, which indicate that his response to the situation is perfectly consistent with international due process and fair trial standards.

This trial has not gone as anybody has hoped.

Nuremberg begat the Yugoslavia tribunal which begat the Rwanda tribunal which begat the special court for Sierra Leone and East Timor and now the permanent International Criminal Court.

He is going to use this trial as his bully pulpit in an effort to put that invasion on trial, ... But it's not really in his client's interest to try to hijack the trial and make it all about U.S. violations of international law.