David Frakt
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David Frakt is an American lawyer, law professor, and officer in the United States Air Force Reserve.
Frakt is a 1987 graduate of the University High School, Irvine, California and a 1990 graduate of the University of California, Irvine and a 1994 honors graduate of Harvard Law School.
Frakt is notable for his appointment to defend Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad, an alleged combatant facing charges for events that took place when he was a minor. Jawad is one of two detainees, along with Omar Khadr, to be prosecuted for acts they allegedly committed while juveniles. Frakt also represents another Guantanamo detainee who faced a military commission, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, the alleged Al Qaida propaganda chief from Yemen. Frakt is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps. He is Associate Professor of Law at the Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in Orlando, Florida.
In April 2014, Frakt was a candidate for the deanship of Florida Coastal School of Law. In the middle of giving a presentation where he described his ideas for addressing major problems at the school such as declining enrollment, reduced admission standards, and low morale, he was reportedly stopped by the school's president, told to stop “insulting” the faculty, and was then asked to leave.
On June 19, 2008 Frakt challenged the role of Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann in choosing his client Mohammed Jawad for trial. Frakt argued that Hartmann had "...exercised unlawful command influence."
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