Robert Bales Among 8 Former Troops, Contractors Petitioning Trump for Pardons

[Nevilledog]

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Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw
With news: 8 former US troops/Blackwater guards convicted of war crimes petition for #pardons...

Read this timely analysis.👇

Brian Finucane writes on LONG-held U.S. legal position that a Commander's failure to punish war crimes can itself be a #WarCrime

A Commander’s Duty to Punish War Crimes: Past U.S. Recognition
A comprehensive analysis of the long-standing U.S. view that a commander’s failure to punish war crimes may itself amount to war crime.
justsecurity.org
11:09 AM · Dec 4, 2020

2. News via @Militarydotcom: "At least eight former service members and Blackwater security guards convicted of war crimes have filed petitions seeking pardons...including a former Army staff sergeant [Robert Bales] who pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghan men, women and children"

3. Link to the news report (h/t @HopeSeck)
Robert Bales Among 8 Former Troops, Contractors Petitioning Trump for Pardons
Robert Bales Among 8 Former Troops, Contractors Petitioning Trump for Pardons
Petitions have been filed in several high-profile war crimes cases seeking pardons from President Donald Trump.
military.com

[KS Toronado]

1. tRumpie needs a drive through "Pardons R Us"

[Boogiemack]

2. INMHO no one convicted of war crimes should be pardoned.

It will give more free reign to war crimes by not just our military but all international militaries. Especially since we refuse to abide by any international laws.

[BBG]

5. INMHO War Crimes should be prosecuted in The Hague

And America should be willingly subject to its jurisdiction.

[underpants]

3. He killed 16 people including 9 children?

Hell no. Rot in jail.

[Takket]

4. petitioning for pardons is not unusual in any way......

what matters is, will drumpf hear their pleas? a normal president would not.