Comments on: Not a parody: “Court tells France to pay damages to Somali pirates”

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:16:16 +0000

I am confused. France violated the law with respect to the suspected pirates. Should France not be held accountable? Really. What recourse would you have the suspects have? Given that these guys should be innocent until proven guilty (under our system), should they not have rights?

I know the US governmental entities routinely violates rights of the accused. To encourage the government not to do this, the courts have invented things like the exclusionary rule and imposed sanctions on the government (such as dismissal of charges). Very rarely do citizens alleged (or, even, convicted) get compensated for the violation of their rights under the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments.

I simply am not outraged.

By: DEM

DEM — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:51:49 +0000

And thus a new revenue source for piracy began.

By: VMS

VMS — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:03:21 +0000

The Russian Navy just sinks the pirate ships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJ0nblZjZE

Somehow I don’t think Putin would be paying compensation to anybody over the action of the Russian Navy, even if it is ordered by a court.

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:56:08 +0000

Victims of Somali piracy, and governments (starting with the French) that incurred reasonable expenses blocking Somali piracy, should be allowed to place liens against any payouts.

If Britain should vote to leave the EU, the pro-terrorist European Court of Human Rights will be a major reason. Perhaps a pro-European British government could avert that by making a deal with France and other interested countries to clip the ECHR’s wings.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:41:19 +0000

If the defendants in Denmark were established to be innocent in fact, of course, it is far less surprising that compensation might be paid.

By: Roy B

Roy B — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:25:06 +0000

Update, a court in Denmark has directed that pirates also receive compensation. They were found innocent and then awarded compensation.

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:41:13 +0000

They should have just shot them and dumped the bodies in the ocean.
Simpler all around and legal under international law.

By: spodula

spodula — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:32:30 +0000

I would have supposed that after the ongoing debacle in a certain Bay in Cuba, most people would be happy that someone was calling out a bunch of people for unnecessary delays.

Guess not.