On 10/22/2004 10:41 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Scott Reynolds wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 10/21/2004 10:48 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>
>>>Scott Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>What would you consider an appropriate punishment for them?
>>>
>>>The US and US soldiers responsible for committing crimes such as the abusers of Abu
>>>Ghraib should be treated or punished the way they would treat or punish their
>>>detainees, held without charge or trial. And they should be regarded the same.
>>>Actually the abusers of Abu Ghraib are convicted criminals, thus below many of their
>>>"innocent" victims.
>>
>>I see. So the penalty for extralegal abuses is extralegal abuse. Somehow
>>I don't think this is going to do much to improve things.
> 
> 
> The punishment is not extralegal abuse, if it is the law.

So holding people "without charge or trial" is the law?


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