SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Osama Bin Laden, Deadly Force, United States Constitution
13 Sep 2016
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Tell a story and determine innocence or guilt. Not a traditional war or crime (!!!: traditional crime is stealing or killing, osama bin laden didn"t see who he killed - not traditional war. Domestic law constraints: governs how people are treated the moment they are accused with a crime. What is murder: killing of a person by anyone but not the state (accident, capital punishment) How to treat someone: criminal law (law enforcement) Guilty must be proven in a court of law - procedures. Killing is only permitted if used for self-defense and/or immediate necessity of saving more lives. Difficult for terrorism - which one does it imply: war. Deadly force against combatants is legitimate - irrespective of immediate threat level. Legitimate targets: combatants belong to an identifiable group - uniform, military bases. No attempt to capture is needed ex; don"t need to capture someone in a non lethal way. Principle of state sovereignty - political self determination.
