10-28-2010, 05:15 PM
I am stunned.
The widow of the soldier who was killed by Omar Khadr during a firefight in Afghanistan was permitted to give a 'victim impact' statement in the military court that is trying Omar.
WTF! I understand, in a very limited way, why victim impact statements have some place in the civil court system. But this is a military court. The man was a soldier! Part of the deal is that he lays his life on the line as part of his military duty.
Just how do his widow's feelings matter in terms of this court? Why would she be permitted/asked to testify at all?
Link here
The widow of the soldier who was killed by Omar Khadr during a firefight in Afghanistan was permitted to give a 'victim impact' statement in the military court that is trying Omar.
WTF! I understand, in a very limited way, why victim impact statements have some place in the civil court system. But this is a military court. The man was a soldier! Part of the deal is that he lays his life on the line as part of his military duty.
Just how do his widow's feelings matter in terms of this court? Why would she be permitted/asked to testify at all?
Link here
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake