Pages: 1

 

2009-11-24 15:34:01
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5988|College Park, MD
So a year or so ago, an anthropologist working with the US Army was attacked by a terrorist who doused her in gasoline and set her ablaze. She later succumbed to her injuries. One of the US soldiers there captured the guy. When he learned of the extent of the injuries that the anthropologist had suffered, he took his pistol and put the animal's life out of the world's misery.

And of course, someone just had to bitch about it and have him put on trial for manslaughter. Thankfully, the jury and judge saw the light and only sentenced him to five years of probation a few months ago:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co … 02457.html

Thoughts? I personally think that while it was out of place to kill the guy right then and there, he should not have even been tried for it. We're supposed to be FIGHTING terrorists, not defending them.
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/36793/marylandsig.jpg
2009-11-24 15:40:09
Superior Mind
(not macbeth)
+1,755|6979
Be careful when using the word terrorist. The man was a militant fighting in his own country. Good that the US soldier only got probation. The guy should have never been reported in the first place. Anyone could see that this was just in wartime.
x
2009-11-24 15:42:23
Noobpatty
ʎʇʇɐdqoou
+194|6640|West NY
Fair [x]
2009-11-24 16:26:43
mikkel
Member
+383|6888
This man might have been the scum of the Earth, but he was also in handcuffs and on the ground. That's still murder. One civilian murdering another. I agree that the circumstances are very mitigating, but when this man is being sentenced purely probation for executing a disarmed and (relatively) immobilised individual, it's just another reminder that the justice system plays favourites, and that justice still isn't blind.

The truer the justice, the higher the costs. Seeing the justice system eroded on either side of the spectrum by judges and juries unwilling to pay the price of integrity will always worry me, regardless of what the situation might be.

Last edited by mikkel (2009-11-24 16:26:56)

2009-11-24 16:31:31
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6961|Canberra, AUS

mikkel wrote:

This man might have been the scum of the Earth, but he was also in handcuffs and on the ground. That's still murder. One civilian murdering another. I agree that the circumstances are very mitigating, but when this man is being sentenced purely probation for executing a disarmed and (relatively) immobilised individual, it's just another reminder that the justice system plays favourites, and that justice still isn't blind.

The truer the justice, the higher the costs. Seeing the justice system eroded on either side of the spectrum by judges and juries unwilling to pay the price of integrity will always worry me, regardless of what the situation might be.
He was still found guilty.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
2009-11-24 16:32:19
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,817|6392|eXtreme to the maX
We're supposed to be FIGHTING terrorists, not defending them.
Team America Fuck Yeah!

Just as likely they grabbed the wrong guy, and this soldier murdered an innocent man - given the US military record of grabbing the nearest person and trying to pin stuff on them.
Fuck Israel
2009-11-24 16:36:44
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6993|67.222.138.85
He murdered a man and he isn't even going to jail.

The lack of self-restraint is indicative of someone who is potentially a danger to society. Maybe not as much as others, certainly more than most. What are laws for if not to keep wildcards out of the general populace?

Dilbert_X wrote:

We're supposed to be FIGHTING terrorists, not defending them.
Team America Fuck Yeah!

Just as likely they grabbed the wrong guy, and this soldier murdered an innocent man - given the US military record of grabbing the nearest person and trying to pin stuff on them.
As evidenced by?
2009-11-24 16:51:12
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,817|6392|eXtreme to the maX
As evidenced by?
As evidenced by the Afghan in this case not having a trial so we have no idea if he was guilty or not, and the vast majority of Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib etc detainees being released without so much as being charged.

The guy wasn't even a soldier, he was a private military contractor, he had no right to be dishing out summary executions to someone handcuffed on the ground.

Still, he was convicted, barred from carrying a firearm and can't work in the security industry again - hardly a ringing endorsement by the court.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2009-11-24 16:52:41)

Fuck Israel
2009-11-24 16:55:46
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6993|67.222.138.85
I mean what do you have to back up the statement "given the US military record of grabbing the nearest person and trying to pin stuff on them".

I agreed with you on the rest hur hurrrr
2009-11-24 17:01:46
mikkel
Member
+383|6888

Spark wrote:

mikkel wrote:

This man might have been the scum of the Earth, but he was also in handcuffs and on the ground. That's still murder. One civilian murdering another. I agree that the circumstances are very mitigating, but when this man is being sentenced purely probation for executing a disarmed and (relatively) immobilised individual, it's just another reminder that the justice system plays favourites, and that justice still isn't blind.

The truer the justice, the higher the costs. Seeing the justice system eroded on either side of the spectrum by judges and juries unwilling to pay the price of integrity will always worry me, regardless of what the situation might be.
He was still found guilty.
Yes. I said that in my post. There's more to law and justice than guilty or not guilty.

 

Pages: 1

Board footer

Privacy Policy - © 2025 Jeff Minard