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Rajesh Joshi - Tuesday 29 September 2009
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Oct 01, 2009 05:54 PM
PROPOSED legislation introduced in the US House of Representatives will give a US mariner immunity from criminal prosecution for harming or killing a pirate while defending his or her ship, writes Rajesh Joshi in New York
The law would guarantee such immunity in a US court, but would provide no protection to an American mariner brought before a foreign court on a similar charge.
The proposed law also does not address the issue of...
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