"Pro-democracy activists are not the only ones who have been a part of the tortuous history of Insein Prison and Burma?s most notorious court BURMESE lawyers call it ?the one-way street,? but it is officially known as the ?special court? at Insein Prison. The accused who end up here know that their fate is sealed before they even enter a plea. The verdict is preordained, and the sentence is invariably a long stretch in Insein—Burma?s most dreaded prison—or worse. Whatever the charge, there is never any doubt about the true nature of the offense. The allegations against the accused may be real or imagined, deadly serious or utterly ridiculous, but the ?crime? is always the same: threatening the country?s despotic rulers? hold on power. This has been the end of the road for many of Burma?s most prominent political prisoners, as well as countless others who have fallen afoul of the powers that be. Since the Buddhist monk-led uprising of September 2007 alone, hundreds of dissidents have been legally processed here and dispatched with ruthless efficiency to the Burmese gulag. But pro-democracy activists are not the only ones who have been robbed of long years of their lives by this kangaroo court. Often, those who come here to face summary justice are former colleagues or close associates of Burma?s military masters. When the mighty fall from grace, this is usually where they land. Here we present a few of the better known cases of doomed defendants who have passed through the special court after losing the confidence of their supreme leader...