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The Blackwater Grand Jury


I'm a non-lawyer, and I'm curious about the Blackwater grand jury and prosecutor's thinking in this case, reported by the Washington Post:

As I understand it the Blackwater killers have been immunized from prosecution under Iraqi law. (And even if they weren't, a US Attorney and federal grand jury would lack jurisdiction to enforce an Iraqi law, would they not?)

So what's your theory as to what body of criminal law--what jurisdictional grounds--could be in the back of the prosecutors' mind in pursuing the Blackwater grand jury investigation?


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How about this one?
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4. Honor thy father and thy mother.
5. Thou shalt not kill
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Ummm...Moral outrage is fine (and I share it) but that doesn't really answer the question about legal jurisdiction that I posed.

i was just kidding ;)

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