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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Who said he rates ALL the rights of an American?  |
Within the scope of our legal system he is.
As for as being contradictory, the way this situation is being handled is a contradiction of justice.
This Somali is being prosecuted for international crimes against Americans and his trial is being held in America.
He can not get a fair trial here based off of the conflict of the victims of his crime and the jury pool-- all who would be involved would be Americans who have already formed an opinion of this kidnapper of American citizens.
IMO, he should be tried by an international tribunal or tried by his home country. Hopefully, this statement of opinion does not read contradictory.
He is guilty-- but for those who are concerned about fairness, and who want to actually endeavor to be just, what's happening now are a bunch of folks pretending to be "fair".
The end result will be the release of this guy back to the Somali government anyway-- why fake around with all of the nonsense?
Is there ANYONE on this board who really believes this pirate will spend one day of a "sentence" in an American prison?
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