Supporters can accept a trial’s legality while contesting its justice

Evidence

The resilience of the Phantom Wahhabi demands further investigation into the nature of the support for Amir Khan’s release and raises questions about whether liberalism ultimately triumphed over constructions of the threat of Muslim fanaticism. During the Khan brothers’ legal ordeal, a group of supporters for their release emerged who neither denied their guilt nor the legality of the government’s response. — Julia Stephens, The Phantom Wahhabi, 185

Categorization

• QUESTION: Who were these supporters and what rhetorical ground did they actually claim? The chapter cuts off just as this promising category of argument is introduced.