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Or you can decide to reject the orders. congress asked me to do a job. they asked me to represent guantanamo bay detainees. i was appointed by the chief defense counsel to represent mr. muhammad in this capital case, to represent and see it to its conclusion. so i could either voluntarily attend the graduate course or resign. >> producer shauna thomas spoke with major wright, who has been facing this almost impossible dilemma. the u.s. has a very rich and proud legal history of providing an honest defense to even the most unsavory defendants. major wright has been providing that defense, but n...

He's up against in this case, they are trying to pull him off the case midstream. >> whenever someone takes an obligation to represent a client, especially in a capital case, you have to see it through. when congress envisioned, they said you have a duty to do and that's to zealousy defend your client. when you take that obligation on, you don't take it on without seeing it to its conclusion. having been on the case for several years, i have a legal and ethical duty to see it through. this is irrespective of the 9/11 case. this is a scenario that law students would face in a professional respo...

Penalty. it was outlawed in the state of massachusetts. this was rare on a federal level. what do you make of the decision? >> i think we should stress that there is a protocol when it comes to the federal death penalty. that's different than any other protocol. there is a capital case that gets the recommendation from the u.s. attorney in this case in boston. reviews the case. after it gets to the capital case unit. it good along to senior reviews committee. they not only meet with the unit attorneys, they also meet with the council and also sometimes reach out to victims. they look at the fa...

Ciensa is said to have killed a tsa officer and wounded two others, the defendant, who was shot in the head by police during the incident actually spoke in court today. in a very hoarse voice he whispered the words, good morning and not guilty. the prosecutors have not decided whether to proceed on to a capital case. and a 32-year-old man dressed in women's clothing managed to scale a security fence and make his way across two runways to a terminal all without even being noticed by the multi-million security system. glenn, newa yorark has been kno have security problems in the past, so what ...

Could have spent the better part of that 25 years on death row, and you did not but for the grace of god. >> absolutely. in fact, that was one the first things i commented on was i thanked god that mine wasn't a capital case. because had it been, i possibly would have been executed because of the length of time it took to turn all of this around. >> 25 years. and the average execution is now within about 20 years. >> it's been sped up a bit in texas. >> and a couple of other states as well. john, it will profound people watching this right now what kind of evidence existed in this case that ...