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Post by Moose on Feb 24, 2015 22:25:24 GMT
I think we have discussed this before but not for a while so - I am reading an article about a ninety four year old who has been charged with crimes committed at Auschwitz. What do people think? Too old, too long ago? Or should someone always stand trial for their crimes, no matter how historic?
I incline towards the latter. There's no real point in putting this person in prison now but I think that he should at least be made to acknowledge what he did - and tell what he knows. And ultimately it keeps the events of that period in the public consciousness, rather than allowing them to be buried and forgotten. So yeah, try him and make him talk.
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Post by tangent on Feb 25, 2015 1:13:29 GMT
And stops him boasting about them and selling his story to a newspaper.
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Feb 25, 2015 8:18:03 GMT
How do you make someone acknowledge what they did? How do you get someone to tell what they know?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 25, 2015 8:52:30 GMT
I reckon for certain crimes it is never too late and a person can never be too old. The fact that they got away with it for so long is all the more reason to put them through it before they get even older and can't be made accountable at all.
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Post by kingedmund on Mar 3, 2015 4:21:02 GMT
Hmmmm. Lol. You might be to old if you croak just ad being wheeled into the courtroom. Then it's not an issue anymore.
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