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  of intentional offenses that have caused the death of one or more persons, provided that such offenses were
  punishable by death under the law of the occupied territory in force before the occupation began (GC art.
  68). However, the United States has reserved the right to impose the death penalty in accordance with the
  provisions of Article 68, paragraph 2, of the GC without regard to whether the offenses referred to in that
  paragraph were punishable by death under the law of the occupied territory at the time the occupation begins
  (see DOD Law of War Manual, 11.11.5).
  6-188. The death penalty may not be pronounced against a protected person unless the attention of the court
  has been particularly called to the fact that because the accused is not a national of the Occupying Power, the
  accused is not bound to it by any duty of allegiance. In any case, the death penalty may not be pronounced
  against a protected person who was under eighteen years of age at the time of the offense (GC art. 68).
  DEDUCTIONS FROM SENTENCES OF PERIOD UNDER ARREST
  6-189. The duration of the period during which a protected person accused of an offense is under arrest
  awaiting trial or punishment must be deducted from any period of imprisonment awarded (GC art. 69).
  PENAL PROCEDURE
  6-190. No sentence may be pronounced by the competent courts of the Occupying Power except after a
  regular trial. Accused persons who are prosecuted by the Occupying Power must be promptly informed, in
  writing in a language that they understand, of the particulars of the charges preferred against them and must
  be brought to trial as rapidly as possible (GC art. 71).
  6-191. The protecting power must be informed of all proceedings instituted by the Occupying Power against
  protected persons with respect to charges involving the death penalty or imprisonment for two years or more,
  and must be enabled, at any time, to obtain information regarding the state of such proceedings at any time.
  Furthermore, the protecting power must be entitled, on request, to be furnished with all particulars of these
  and any other proceedings instituted by the Occupying Power against protected persons (GC art. 71).
  6-192. The notification to the protecting power, as provided for in the second paragraph of Article 71 of the
  GC, must be sent immediately, and must in any case, reach the protecting power three weeks before the date
  of the first hearing. The notification must include the following particulars (GC art. 71):
  * Description of the accused;
  * Place of residence or detention;
  * Specification of the charge or charges (with mention of the penal provisions under which it is
  brought);
  * Designation of the court that will hear the case; and
  * Place and date of the first hearing.
  6-193. Although the GC provides particular trial rights and protections for protected persons, it is important
  to understand that the procedures applied in these courts must conform to international standards for a
  regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees that are recognized as “indispensable by
  civilized peoples” (see GC art. 3; consider AP I art. 75).
  RIGHT OF DEFENSE
  6-194. Protected persons accused of offenses shall have the right to present evidence necessary to their
  defense and may, in particular, call witnesses. They shall have the right to be assisted by a qualified advocate
  or counsel of their own choice, who shall be able to visit them freely and shall enjoy the necessary facilities
  for preparing the defense (GC art. 72).
  6-195. If the accused fails to choose an advocate or counsel, the protecting power may provide the accused
  with an advocate or counsel. When the accused person is facing a serious charge and the protecting power is
  not functioning, the Occupying Power, subject to the consent of the accused, must provide the accused with
  an advocate or counsel. Accused persons must, unless they freely waive such assistance, be aided by an
  interpreter, both during preliminary investigation and during the hearing in court. They shall have the right
  at any time to object to the interpreter and to ask for the interpreter to be replaced (GC art. 72).