Reply #160: You can have a trial for someone not present - if you have evidence

[kenny blankenship]

Secret Evidence not presented in public IS NOT EVIDENCE. It may be information, but it isn't evidence. The purpose of putting on a trial is not to satisfy the government that someone is guilty but THE PUBLIC. If the government has evidence against someone let them present it. If they choose not to because "of the sensitive nature of how that evidence is collected", then all anyone has is the say-so of the King, excuse me of the President, for why a citizen will be put to death.
And if that's now good enough, then your country is already about half way down the rabbit hole to a nightmare. This will be the first time someone is executed on nothing more than the pleasure of the chief executive, but it will not be the last.