Bush Asks for Trials That Permit Coerced Evidence
President Bush asked Congress Wednesday to approve a new system of military-style justice for terrorism suspects that would, for the first time, permit convictions in American courts based on the use of coerced evidence. The Bush administration proposal also would permit war crimes convictions based on evidence that was never made available to the accused. MAURA REYNOLDS, RICHARD B. SCHMITT and DAVID SAVAGE for the L.A. Times.