Prescott Prince Explained
| Prescott Prince |
| Branch: | United States Navy Reserve |
| Rank: | Captain |
Prescott Prince (born November 15, 1954) is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Prince is notable for being assigned to represent Guantanamo captive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Education
Member of Kappa Alpha Order.
Legal career
Prince shifted from the regular Navy to the reserves in 1987 and graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law,[2] and had a civilian law practice in Richmond, Virginia until his recall to active duty in June 2007.[2] For the remainder of 2007 Prince served as a "rule of law officer" in Iraq.
In 2008 Prince was assigned Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as a client.[6]
Notes and References
- News: Defending KSM, 'the most hated man in the world' . . Josh Meyer . Josh Meyer . 2008-05-24 . 2008-07-18 . Prince, a Southern lawyer who only a year ago was running a small civilian defense practice, expects the case to go on for years and culminate in a landmark Supreme Court decision. To him, it's not only the welfare of his infamous client that matters, but also protecting the integrity of the Constitution, which he says the Bush administration has trampled by coercing information out of Mohammed and subjecting him to a system of military justice that is stacked against him. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528034045/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ksm25-2008may25,0,5862701.story . 2008-05-28.
- News: Prescott L. Prince was graduated from Washington and Lee Law School in 1983 and was admitted to the Virginia State Bar the same year. . . 2008-07-18 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002155733/http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/04/08/17/PrinceBio.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf . 2011-10-02.
- News: Navy lawyer gets tough mission — defending KSM . . Carol Rosenberg . Carol Rosenberg . 2008-04-08 . 2008-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622184110/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/33079.html . 2008-06-22.
- News: Round 2. 9. 21. 11. The Wire (JTF-GTMO). Nat Mojer. Nat Mojer. 2008-07-18. 2008-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215720/http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire/WirePDF/v9/Issue21v9.pdf#4. 2011-07-22. dead.
- News: Transcript: CNN Newsroom . . 2008-04-24 . 2008-07-20 . Prince says he doesn't have the resources normally available in a capital case, so private legal groups are stepping in to help by recruiting civilian lawyers to aid the defense. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522043034/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/24/cnr.03.html . 2011-05-22.
- News: Accused September 11 planner meets his U.S. lawyer . . Jane Sutton . Jane Sutton . 2008-04-25 . 2008-07-20 . At least for now, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has accepted Navy Capt. Prescott Prince as his defense attorney, Prince said by telephone after returning from the remote U.S. naval base in Cuba where the United States holds foreign terrorism suspects. . 2022-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220607064947/https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSNASU4250120080425?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true . live.
