In September 2008, while acting as the lead prosecutor in the case against Mohammed Jawad (a minor at the time of arrest), Vandeveld resigned for ethical reasons.
Clive Stafford Smith is the founder of Reprieve (a human rights non-profit) and has spent 25 years working on civil rights, death penalty and Guantanamo habeas cases.
Mark Denbeaux is a professor at Seton Hall Law School, and has served as director and then chair of the board of the New York City Legal Services Corporation.