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By: International law roundup - Overlawyered

International law roundup - Overlawyered — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:30:08 +0000

[…] Let’s hope not: is Kony case reconciling conservatives to International Criminal Court? [New Republic] Sea Shepherd case shows Alien Tort Statute can serve “conservative” as well as “liberal” ends [Eugene Kontorovich, earlier] […]

By: wfjag

wfjag — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:14:50 +0000

@John: However, it has taken on a different nature. Forty years ago that was considered a bad thing for a kid to do, at most warranting a call to Mom & Dad. Today it is Environmental Terrorism, to be charged as a felony, and even if not prosecuted as one, the felony arrest is still on the kid’s electronic record and pops up every time a records check is done.

The decision to arrest and the charge to enter in the person’s records is fairly much an unfettered one by a cop (or maybe a quasi-cop like a game warden) at the lowest level. But, once the entry is made, the record is nearly always permanent, as are its consequences.

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:07:54 +0000

Overcriminalization did not begin yesterday. More than 40 years ago, I was warned by a Florida Fish And Game officer that my throwing a small rock at a squirrel was “take, or attempt to take, game out of season”. It has only become worse.

By: Speed

Speed — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:37:30 +0000

Judge Kozinski, writing for Ninth Circuit panel, declares Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s harassment of whaling ships to fall under piracy law …

I wonder if The New Yorker will be updating this story …

A Reporter at Large
Neptune’s Navy
Paul Watson’s wild crusade to save the oceans.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_khatchadourian#ixzz2MILZhCWg