It's all because of that darn "Rule of Law".
The President should have to power to have anyone (especially pirates) executed whenever and for whatever he deems necessary.
That will take care of the problem.
Appreciate your sarcasm, I like the rule of law too. My point is the law should be changed to what it used to be. When we used to try them at sea and then execute them we had rule of law. The law just made more sense then.