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2011-01-01 Home Front: WoT

Somali pirate lawyers want convictions tossed

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Posted by tu3031 2011-01-01 13:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Good background. Next time, let the real sharks have them. Makes things a lot less complicated...

Posted by tu3031 2011-01-01 13:40|| 2011-01-01 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Edited out of the final AP copy:

"A faint mechanical whirring sound was heard in the courtroom, later discovered to be the result of the body of Stephen Decatur hitting 20,000 revolutions per minute."

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2011-01-01 14:15|| 2011-01-01 14:15|| Front Page Top

#3 "pirate lawyers" - isn't that redundant?

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-01-01 15:01|| 2011-01-01 15:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Building on statements made earlier concerning the applicablity of certain , shall we say, 'documents,' citing the definition of piracy from an 1820 Supreme Court decision is worthless, because 'it is over a 100 years old.'

next time: Plank. Walk. Swim. Some assembly required.

Posted by USN,Ret 2011-01-01 15:02|| 2011-01-01 15:02|| Front Page Top

#5 "next time: Plank. Walk. ~~Swim~~ Drown. Some assembly required."

FTFY.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-01 15:11|| 2011-01-01 15:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Just find some country willing to deal with pirates the old fashioned way, then everybody agree to "rotating jurisdiction" over captured pirates, under a confusing scheme by which no matter when pirates are captured, they just happen to be under the jurisdiction of that particular country.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-01 17:55|| 2011-01-01 17:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I say, acquit them, take them back to where they were captured, and drop them off.

Oh - you say they were 300 miles out to sea? Well, getting home is still their problem.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-01-01 18:54|| 2011-01-01 18:54|| Front Page Top

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