Not sure of that. My mind is telling me they would be following US admiralty and maritime laws, not US Criminal Code.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hostage captain rescued, 3 pirates killed >> >>Awesome. I wonder what the rules are out on the "high seas"? They >>have to be different than the regular civilian world. If you are >>being threatened by a pirate as their boat approaches, can you fire >>first? Are warning shots required? >> >>Really, if you are 350 miles off the coast of a country without a >>functioning government and you sent them to live with the fishes, >>would there even be an investigation? > > Ships have to follow the laws of the country whose flag they sail under. So > in the Maeserk Alabama case, it would be the US federal criminal code. > > And yes in spite of the feel good nature of it, tossing them overboard while > alive would still be considered homicide. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
