Posted on 08/17/2010 5:51:30 PM PDT by markomalley
The United States definition of piracy conforms to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982, which states
"piracy consists of any criminal acts of violence, detention, rape, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or aircraft that is directed on the high seas against another ship, aircraft, or against persons or property on board a ship or aircraft."
This definition does not require the ship be boarded, or attempted to be boarded.
What is an attack on a ship on the high seas going to be called then? Oh! I just sailed 200 miles out to sea to clear my weapon and a US Navy ship just happened to get into the way. By the way, it is our target range. What idiocy!
“Jackson noted that the Somali attackers never attempted to board the Ashland”
I believe that is called precedent. Now watch every bank robbery get-away car driver use it to get his sentence overturned.
“Your honor, since I just drove the car & I never intended to enter the bank, my sentence should be overturned & thrown out.”
When I first posted on FreeRepublic, most discussed the rule of law. How times have changed.
Those jihadists-of-the-seas that had their cases thrown out will now be given bennies galore, allow each Muzzie to import their multiple wives plus children, and will have a brand new mosque built for them.
Judge jackson is a moron of the first degree. Just why does he hate America? Maybe it is a “black” thing and I don’t understand.
When the justice department has told it’s attorneys to take it easy on black defendants it reverberates through the system.
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