[lit-ideas] Re: Militant Ideology Atlas
- From: Chris Bruce <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:09:40 +0100
On 18. Nov 2006, at 01:04, Eric Yost wrote:
>>What would the sentence be should he be convicted in the U.S.
I think the so-called TERRORIST PENALTIES ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2003 adds
conspiracy and attempt to commit terrorist acts in the list of
terrorism offenses subject to the death penalty. Plus regular
conspiracy before the fact for murder is probably a capital offense
anyway.
>>Why has the US not requested extradition?
Some ideas:
(a) If we were to request extradition, Germany would likely refuse
because of their opposition to the death penalty. So Germany would say
no, and it could cause international tension and/or a certain amount
of German bashing stateside. (Fifteen years seems a ridiculously brief
sentence for an al-Qaeda guy.)
(b) He would demand that some of the Gitmo bad guys testify at his
trial, and counterterrorism folk don't want them to communicate with
anyone, let alone enter the US.
(c) We couldn't convict him of any other charges.
Thanks Eric - my thoughts were leaning towards your (a).
I also agree with your "Fifteen years seems a ridiculously brief
sentence". It doesn't seem that in Germany being an accessory to
multiple murders means that one would receive multiples of the 15-year
sentence.
I'll keep the list posted of further developments.
Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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