No wonder there is no respect for judges and the courts.
B Published on HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com ( <http://hamptonroads.com/> http://hamptonroads.com) Judge in Norfolk throws out piracy charge against 6 Somalis NORFOLK A federal judge today threw out the piracy charge against six Somalis accused of attacking the Little Creek-based Ashland, dealing a blow to the government's attempt to revive a piracy statute that had not been used in nearly 200 years. The Somalis still face seven other charges in the April 10 attack on the Ashland off the coast of Africa, but the piracy charge carried the harshest penalty - life in prison. They remain accused of firing on the Navy ship. "The court finds that the government has failed to establish that any unauthorized acts of violence or aggression committed on the high seas constitutes piracy," U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson says in his ruling. Attorneys for the Somalis argued that because there was no attempt to rob or seize the Ashland then the piracy law does not apply. But the government argued that the violent act of firing at a Navy vessel should fall under the piracy statute. A second group of Somalis is charged in a similar, but unrelated, attack on the Navy frigate Nicholas in the same area two weeks earlier. They have filed a similar motion before a different judge. Arguments in that case are scheduled for Sept. 9. For more details, return to PilotOnline.com later and read tomorrow's Virginian-Pilot. _____ Source URL (retrieved on 08/17/2010 - 16:32): <http://hamptonroads.com/2010/08/judge-norfolk-throws-out-piracy-charge-agai nst-6-somalis> http://hamptonroads.com/2010/08/judge-norfolk-throws-out-piracy-charge-again st-6-somalis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
