Robert Chester

Robert Chester

"This article is about the American lawyer. For the Elizabethan poet see Robert Chester (poet)"

Robert Chester is a military officer and lawyer.ref|Tao Chester is a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.

He was the judge in the trial of major Clarke Paulus, the officer in charge of Camp Whitehorse, when his troops beat an Iraqi prisoner they incorrectly believed had tortured Jessica Lynch.ref|UsaToday041014

Paulus's trial was marred by a tragicomic loss of the body of the victim, prior to his post-mortem.ref|UnTribref|UsaToday041103

More recently Chester was appointed to serve as President of the Guantanamo military commission faced by Omar Khadr.ref|Cbc

On January 12, 2006 he admonished Khadr's prosecutor, Colonel Morris Davis, to show more respect to Khadr. He instructed him to start referring to Khadr as "Mr Khadr".ref|TorStar060112

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References

# [http://sumoud.tao.ca/?q=node/view/125 Army pathologist concedes errors in prisoner-abuse case] , "Tao", October 14, 2004
# [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-10-14-errors-abuse_x.htm Army pathologist concedes errors in prisoner-abuse case] , "USA Today", October 14, 2004
# [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20041102-9999-1m2horse.html Judge excludes medical evidence in court-martial of Marine] , "Union Tribune", November 2, 2004
# [http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20041104/a_news04.art.htm Marine's trial in Iraqi's death starts in Calif.] , "USA Today", November 3, 2004
# [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060110/w011074.html U.S. prosecutor in Khadr case blasts sympathetic views of Canadian teen] , "CBC", January 10, 2006
# [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1137066011885&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News U.S. prosecutor's comments on Khadr reviewed] , "Toronto Star", January 12, 2006


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