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Old 11-13-2005, 08:53 PM  
Mike Okitch
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Originally Posted by Sly
One of the main ideas behind our court system (I don't know what country you're from) is that the defendant will be judged by his or her peers, while being fair. There is a balance that must be met. If his trial was in the United States, for example, how fair do you really think it would be? Even my more liberal friends would give him the axe.

Odd as it seems, Iraq is probably his best shot.
I'm from Canada actually.

I'm aware of the American jury system and while it does have the occasional problem, it is a good system.

Don't get me wrong, I think that the guy is guilty as sin. But I doubt that anyone in Iraq is capable of remaining impartial and that if the U.S. government wanted to at least keep an appearance of impartiality, the case should be moved outside of Iraq. Possibly at The Hague.
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