Posted to Herald Sun (5/5/2011) on 5/5/2011 at 2:15 AM (not published)
Commenting on “Cut off the head - 1000 Osamas will rise in his place”
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/news/world/world/general/cut-off-the-head-1000-osamas-will-rise-in-his-place/2152064.aspx
I'm definitely NOT sympathetic towards any terrorists or anyone who takes human lives cold-bloodedly. The way the mission was conducted was a violation of Pakistan’s sovereign right. If that could take place in Pakistan, it can happen to any other country in the future. It defeats the purpose of having national constitution, law and order.
Geoffrey Robertson QC a specialist in Commonwealth constitutional law, human rights, etc. was interviewed on television and he said that Osama should be brought to trial before a court of justice.
Presumption of innocence until proven guilty is a legal right of the accused in a criminal trial. We have never heard authenticated recordings about his admission of his masterminding the 9/11 disaster. Now that he is dead, so the world has been told, there is no way to hear his confession in person, or prove each element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.
David Hicks who was convicted on charges in 2001 of providing material support for terrorism but finally released on 29/12/07 should not have been prosecuted due to political interference in the case by the Bush administration in the United States and the Howard government in Australia.
Commenting on “Cut off the head - 1000 Osamas will rise in his place”
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/news/world/world/general/cut-off-the-head-1000-osamas-will-rise-in-his-place/2152064.aspx
I'm definitely NOT sympathetic towards any terrorists or anyone who takes human lives cold-bloodedly. The way the mission was conducted was a violation of Pakistan’s sovereign right. If that could take place in Pakistan, it can happen to any other country in the future. It defeats the purpose of having national constitution, law and order.
Geoffrey Robertson QC a specialist in Commonwealth constitutional law, human rights, etc. was interviewed on television and he said that Osama should be brought to trial before a court of justice.
Presumption of innocence until proven guilty is a legal right of the accused in a criminal trial. We have never heard authenticated recordings about his admission of his masterminding the 9/11 disaster. Now that he is dead, so the world has been told, there is no way to hear his confession in person, or prove each element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.
David Hicks who was convicted on charges in 2001 of providing material support for terrorism but finally released on 29/12/07 should not have been prosecuted due to political interference in the case by the Bush administration in the United States and the Howard government in Australia.
