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Perspective

May 11, 2011

Death of Osama bin Laden: Could There Have Been a Trial?

Did America's killing of Osama bin Laden send the wrong message to the international community? By Joseph F. C. DiMento of UCI School of Law


What were the options in law to the killing of Osama bin Laden? One alternative was a U.S. domestic or military trial. The problems associated with another attempt to bring an alleged international terrorist to justice on U.S. territory have been amply described and experienced; they are daunting.


However, were Bin Laden not executed on site in a foreign sovereign nation, venues exist in the international community to try him. They are worthy of consideration in ...

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