How long might it take to bring Bush/Cheney to Justice??

[kristopher]

It is natural that we would hope for swift retribution against the cabal that brought such destruction on this nation and the world. But this story, just out, perhaps helps to place their crimes into a different temporal perspective. Just because it doesn't happen right away, doesn't mean it isn't going to happen. It took 17 years to bring Fujimori before the courts, perhaps we could wait at least 17 months.


Ex-Peru President Fujimori convicted of mass murder, kidnapping
Karel Navarro / Associated Press

Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison. Activists say the verdict shows even former heads of state cannot expect to get away with serious crimes.


April 8, 2009
Reporting from Lima, Peru, and San Agustin, Colombia -- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was found guilty of mass murder and kidnapping Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, a rare instance of a former head of state being found guilty in his own country on human rights charges.

The 70-year-old former agronomy professor, who during a decade in office brought Peru back from the brink of political and economic collapse, was found guilty of ordering massacres in the Barrios Altos area of Lima in 1991 and at La Cantuta University in 1992 that left 25 dead. He was also convicted of the 1992 kidnappings of a journalist and businessman...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-fujimori8-2009apr08,0,1670805.story

[Avalux]

1. Cheney will be dead. Bush will be in a wheelchair. 20-30 years.

It's going to take a long time unfortunately. AND - I expect other countries will force us to do it.

[babylonsister]

2. I saw that earlier. I think it's heartening he finally has to pay. There's hope! nt