Prescott Prince

Prescott Prince (born circa 1952) is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve.cite news
url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ksm25-2008may25,0,5862701.story
title=Defending KSM, 'the most hated man in the world'
publisher=Los Angeles Times
author=Josh Meyer
date=2008-05-24
accessdate=2008-07-18
quote=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. [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fnation%2Fla-na-ksm25-2008may25%2C0%2C5862701.story&date=2008-07-18 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/04/08/17/PrinceBio.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf
title=Prescott L. Prince was graduated from Washington and Lee Law School in 1983 and was admitted to the Virginia State Bar the same year.
publisher=Miami Herald
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accessdate=2008-07-18
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url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/33079.html
title=Navy lawyer gets tough mission — defending KSM
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Carol Rosenberg
date=2008-04-08
accessdate=2008-07-18
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url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/WirePDF/v9/Issue21v9.pdf#4
volume=9
issue=21
page=11
title=Round 2
publisher=The Wire (JTF-GTMO)
author=Nat Mojer
date=2008-07-18
accessdate=2008-07-18
quote=] cite news
url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/24/cnr.03.html
title=Transcript: CNN Newsroom
publisher=CNN
date=2008-04-24
accessdate=2008-07-20
quote=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. [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftranscripts.cnn.com%2FTRANSCRIPTS%2F0804%2F24%2Fcnr.03.html&date=2008-07-20 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSNASU4250120080425
title=Accused September 11 planner meets his U.S. lawyer
publisher=Reuters
author=Jane Sutton
date=2008-04-25
accessdate=2008-07-20
quote=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. [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FnewsOne%2FidUSNASU4250120080425%3FpageNumber%3D2%26virtualBrandChannel%3D0%26sp%3Dtrue&date=2008-07-20 mirror] ] Prince is notable for being assigned to represent Guantanamo captive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

born 1954born 1954three children, two by marriage

Education

Legal career

Prince shifted from the regular Navy to the reserves in 1987 and graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law, and had a civilian law practice in Richmond, Virginia until his recall to active duty in June 2007.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. On April 25 2008 Prince told "Reuters" he did not believe Khalid Sheikh Mohammed could receive a fair trial.

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