live verdict reached in navy seal war crimes trial

Since he was convicted for crimes, 'he as a knight was deemed to have a duty to prevent', although Hagenbach defended himself by arguing that he was only following orders from the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, to whom the Holy Roman Empire had given Breisach.

Hagenbach was put on trial for atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, found guilty, and beheaded. The trial of Peter von Hagenbach by an ad hoc tribunal of the Holy Roman Empire in 1474, was the first 'international' war crimes trials and also of command responsibility. JSTOR ( October 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī war crimes trial is the trial of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law committed during armed conflict.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The defense plans to show jurors Wednesday videotaped testimony from an Iraqi general who handed over the wounded captive to Gallagher.This article needs additional citations for verification. A SEAL who spotted Gallagher testified Wednesday he never saw him shoot any elderly man that day. Two other SEAL snipers from the platoon testified that Gallagher shot an old man and a young girl in Mosul weeks after the stabbing, though neither saw him pull the trigger. The specialist also linked Gallagher to a text message sent to a comrade that bragged: “Got him with my hunting knife.” The government rested its case Tuesday after calling its last witness - a computer specialist who testified that Gallagher had texted a photo to a comrade in which he clutched the hair of the dead captive in one hand and a knife in the other. They say there is no physical evidence to support the claims. Defense lawyers contend that the accusations come from SEALs who offered tainted or even false testimony to oust a platoon chief they hated.

Live verdict reached in navy seal war crimes trial