Kerry Howley looks at what the last "Trial of the Century," prematurely halted by Slobodan Milosevic's death, can teach us about the next "Trial of the Century" in Iraq.
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|3.13.06 @ 9:46AM|#
We'll win that war and withdraw the troops pretty soon, rest assured.
Carla Del Ponte
According to the BBC article, she's an anti-privacy drug warriorette.
Whenever I hear "tribunal" and "The Hague" I have to laugh. Other than re-introducing "Trial by Ordeal," have these clowns ever accomplished anything? Serious question.
|3.13.06 @ 9:49AM|#
So, we can't do it like the ICTY, because it will be regarded as a circus, and not taken seriously. Nor can we do it like we're doing it now, because it will be regarded as unfair, biased, and won't be taken seriously.
Just curious: how do we do it?
|3.13.06 @ 9:49AM|#
The only senible way to hold a trial for the likes of Saddam is the example of the French revolutionary tribunal that tried Robespierre on the 10th of Thermidor, 1794. They confirmed his identity, than he got his death sentence read out to him and was sent to the guillotine immediately along with his right-hand man Saint-Just and twenty others.
|3.13.06 @ 11:13AM|#
Just curious: how do we do it?
Same way as the OJ trial trial. Relatively quick and fair from a procedural justice standpoint. Allowing a defendant to defend himself doesn't have to lead to chaos. Nor does the outcome need to be pre-ordained.
Nice move in the Moussaoui case this morning, Judge Brinkema, btw. Even evil people deserve a fair trial.
|3.13.06 @ 11:59AM|#
"Don't let the Hague try him if you'd like a verdict before he keels over."
That, at least, they've picked up on.
R C Dean|3.13.06 @ 12:03PM|#
Ken, I don't think the OJ trial is much of a touchstone for "quick and fair" due process.
Aikon, I think you've got it. Plus, it has the advantage of being French! And therefor, of course, superior to all alternatives.
|3.13.06 @ 12:48PM|#
Well played, Eric the .5b
|3.13.06 @ 1:22PM|#
Looks like more than anything it tells us not to mix medications. Or, for the conspiritoraly-minded, that poisoning isn't the foolproof murder method the detective novels make it out to be.
|3.13.06 @ 1:24PM|#
Forgot the link
|3.13.06 @ 5:12PM|#
It's looking more and more that Slobo was deliberately mixing medications to aggravate his medical condition, in order to force the court to release him. Either that or, seeing the writing on the wall, he opted for a Herman Goering style escape from judgement.