Push to Indict Dubya Gets Caffeine Boost

Jurisdiction is not a big problem... If we are unable to figure out how to prosecute in the U.S. for crimes against our own highest law, then extradite Mr. Bush to Iraq and have him tried for crimes there. Reply

What about tricky Dick? Reply

lt will never happen Reply

Lets roll! Reply

The Bush administration made sure that our signature on the Rome Statute to the ICC was removed before it relinquished authority, and that Iraq never signed the statute. This effectively mitigates the international courts authority to prosecute any member of the Bush administration for war related crimes in Iraq, and is damning evidence that the administration knowingly took steps to insulate itself and individual members from standing before the international court for criminal charges stemming from the invasion and occupancy of Iraq. Or, it could be put this way; "The ICC will be in business as of July 1, whether we like it or not," said Hollander, who is also co-chair of NACDL's International Affairs Committee. "The administration's 'unsigning' of the treaty will not have any effect on the jurisdiction of the court to prosecute war crimes by U.S. citizens and officials if they occur on the soil of a signatory nation. The U.S. should recognize the benefits its participation can have to insure the strength of the defense function and the fairness of the court." Hollander points out that the ICC will only function when the court systems of involved countries are unable or unwilling to act. "Any state can prosecute its own war criminals," she said. "If the U.S. keeps its own house clean, it has nothing to fear, but through this 'unsigning' it will lose its opportunity to see that adequate procedural protections and defense resources are part of the ICC." Credit: Nancy Hollander http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/2002mn026?opendocument Reply

We can prosecute anyone we want as long as we have "the lawyers" on board. We prosecute soldiers during war time for acts they commit under stress and while they suffer from psychological diffciulties and from the primal threat to loss of life-lets get real. Reply

While they are at it, get old tricky Dick too. Reply

So, who is this "Seattle Coffee Merchant" so we can support him? And why did they leave his name out of this article? Reply