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US vs. Nazario
By Scott F. Pearce, Esq. | August 22, 2008
Jose Luis Nazario is being prosecuted in civilian court for crimes allegedly committed while serving as an active-duty US Marine. The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act was designed for prosecuting US mercenary forces - who are not subject to the military courts.
This case should not be in the civilian courts. Although I have publically opposed the Iraq war from the start, I would not want to handle this case. How is it that the government has chosen to prosecute this one front-line soldier for deaths that occurred during one of the most violent battles of this dreadful war? What are they going to do, get Iraqi insurgents to testify in court in front of an American jury?
Wouldn’t it be better to prosecute Bush and Blair and Cheney and the others? They have squandered and stolen trillions of dollars and murdered millions of innocents around the world. One of the many tragedies of this criminal war is the extent to which we’re squandering the lives of some of the best and brightest of the social classes who serve in the US Armed forces.
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Topics: Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law |