Posted by
Tom L. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:00:00 AM
Civil Court: cases about contracts, damage to property, divorce, etc.
Criminal Court: murder, robbery, assault, etc.
But, that is not the whole of the American court system.
There is a third type of court with which most Americans never have contact, Military Court.
Also a Court of Impeachment.
American justice should give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et. al. a fair trail, but not in a criminal court. He is not an accused criminal; he is a solider who attacked the United States. As such, the proper place for him to meet justice is in a Military Court.
Although commonly referred to as the Nuremberg Trials, they were actually a series of Military Tribunals. We did not seek to bring the Nazis to the United States and try them in Criminal Court.