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If Osama Bin Laden is caught alive,what kind of court should he be tried in?

If Osama Bin Laden is caught alive,what kind of court should he be tried in?

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If Osama Bin Laden is caught alive,what kind of court should he be tried in?military,civilian or other
 
He should be spanked and called a bad haji, then given a free government house and a job as a berkely professor.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
He should be spanked and called a bad haji, then given a free government house and a job as a berkely professor.
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That didn't work for John Yoo. OBL's punishment should be a little harsher, don't you think?
 
niftydrifty said:
That didn't work for John Yoo. OBL's punishment should be a little harsher, don't you think?
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In the NYC metro area, we do this thing called "sarcasm"..... It is rather common around here.


Personally two in the chest and one in the head is about what that savage needs.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
In the NYC metro area, we do this thing called "sarcasm"..... It is rather common around here.

Personally two in the chest and one in the head is about what that savage needs.
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Why did you wish the same fate on OBL as had befallen the neocon apologist? You didn't know that Yoo had been shipped to Berkeley?
 
Trick question, I don't think Bin Laden would be caught alive.

"Oops, after he accidentally fell on my knife several times, I tried to grab a band-aid but pulled the trigger on my gun and it shot him right in the head."
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
He should be spanked and called a bad haji,
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No spanking him. We'll just hear stories about "detainee abuse".

If he is caught, I am willing to personally face OBL in a cage match to the death to determine who is guilty. As the figurehead of muslims that hate American presence overseas, he can represent that side, and I will gladly assume the representation of aggressive foreign policy. Put it on PPV, and donate the proceeds to the families of the 9/11 vicitms, and to the families of our fallen troops. I will do this for free.
 
Try him, throw him in jail for the rest of his life. Problem solved.
 
Ikari said:
Try him, throw him in jail for the rest of his life. Problem solved.
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Which court system would you desire to see used? Military, civilian, maybe an international court?

Me personally, I'd try him in a US military court.
 
He should go before a military court.
 
Osama should be killed when he is found. If for some reason he is captured alive he should face a military tribunal, found guilty, and executed by firing squad.
 
What would make a military court preferable to a civilian court?
Presuambly the case is so heavily stacked against him that the special format provided by a military court would not be needed.
It would also be wise to make sure that the legitimacy of the trial is not questioned due to it being seen as "secretive."
 
SFLRN said:
What would make a military court preferable to a civilian court?
Presuambly the case is so heavily stacked against him that the special format provided by a military court would not be needed.
It would also be wise to make sure that the legitimacy of the trial is not questioned due to it being seen as "secretive."
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Civillian courts should not have jurisdiction.
 
SFLRN said:
What would make a military court preferable to a civilian court?
Presuambly the case is so heavily stacked against him that the special format provided by a military court would not be needed.
It would also be wise to make sure that the legitimacy of the trial is not questioned due to it being seen as "secretive."
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The case was stacked against OJ in a civillian court. I have zero confidence in a civillian court.
 
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I don't think we should execute him though, we can throw him in jail for life and that pretty much does the same thing. Well this all assumes he is still actually alive as is.
 
SFLRN said:
What would make a military court preferable to a civilian court?
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We don't have to deal with the garbage that sees obvious criminals linger in the court system for years and years. In other words, after a few weeks he would be found guilty and executed the next day.

Besides, if our people wish us to engage him to avenge our people and to expend our blood hunting and destroying our way to his capture, we should at loeast be given the opportunity to finsh the job.

But let's be honest, the absolute best thing for any "soldier" to do with Bin Laden's center mass in his sights would be to pull the trigger twice.
 
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GySgt said:
We don't have to deal with the garbage that sees obvious criminals linger in the court system for years and years. In other words, after a few weeks he would be found guilty and executed the next day.

Besides, if our people wish us to engage him to avenge our people and to expend our blood hunting and destroying our way to his capture, we should at loeast be given the opportunity to finsh the job.

But let's be honest, the absolute best thing for any "soldier" to do with Bin Laden's center mass in his sights would be to pull the trigger twice.
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What specific aspects of a military court do you believe would limit the inefficiencies found ina civilian court? Moreover, don't we also want the trial to be somewhat slow? If we rush through a trial then it makes it easier for the credibility of such trials to come into question. Executing him would only make him a martyr, and it's probably what he would want to have happen to him.
 
Depends what he's being tried for. If he's being tried for his largest crime (his role in the 9/11 attacks), he should be tried in a civilian court because his crime was a civilian crime.
 
jamesrage said:
If Osama Bin Laden is caught alive,what kind of court should he be tried in?military,civilian or other
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The same kind we tried Nazi war criminals in.
 
SFLRN said:
What specific aspects of a military court do you believe would limit the inefficiencies found ina civilian court? Moreover, don't we also want the trial to be somewhat slow? If we rush through a trial then it makes it easier for the credibility of such trials to come into question. Executing him would only make him a martyr, and it's probably what he would want to have happen to him.
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And this is exactly what is wrong with the entire process. Who cares if our critics seek ways to strip legitimacy away from what we do? I found it pathetic that our critics actually sought to rally for Saddam Hussein's "rights" during his trial. There is no question as to the guilt of Osama Bin Laden. But do we need a civilian court seeking absolute proof or a smoking gun to convict? Do we need our critics (who will most assuredly be present no matter what) to accuse us of shaping evidence or rallying for Osama Bin Laden because there is no "smoking gun?" Do we need the circus? Do we need to give him the attention he demands on the world stage?

And generally, an Islamic "martyr" is a far more dangerous thing if incarcerated. We can see this historically. They will fight over the memory of a "martyr," (they will do so without him) but they will not slaughter because of him. We have seen time and again how Islamic fighters will kidnap, terrorize, and slaughter just to free a political prisoner or a "martyr." Once they are dead, they are only a memory.
 
What evidence have you seen that would be admissible in a US criminal trial that would prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
 
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