----- Original Message ----- From: "Max B. Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:38 PM Subject: RE: criminal complaint
Lawyer question:
A prisoner of war is subject to the Geneva Convention, and a criminal is entitled to a fair trial w/all the usual rights. Yes? If these Al Qaida/Taliban guys are neither, what are they? What law governs their treatment?
mbs ===============
Hobbes' law....
Ian
What's the difference between a criminal complaint and an indictment? And what's the significance that the charges against Johnny Walker are in the form of a criminal complaint rather than an indictment? Michael