Justice or unjustified? Shooting a murderer on the spot...

[johnfm]

I am staunchly against the death penalty - when administered by government it just doesn't reduce violent crime and the risk of executing an innocent is just too great.

But in this case, he should have shot the fker everywhere BUT the temple and given him some agony.

Good on him.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and...

[Jasandjules]

Combat (and a war zone) is a bit different to a straightforward murder situation. Plus, the lady was not dead at the time he shot the terrorist (not that I blame him under the circumstances, he wanted hard and fast vengeance, the same I would want if someone did that to one of my friends).

[MrTom]

It was the wrong decision but totally justified in the situation.

[Fittster]

If he'd been judged by the people of the country he help 'liberate' I feel the case would have had a different outcome.

Why is a incident which occured in Afghanistan being tried in a US court room? I thought the rights and wrongs that occured there are sorted out in cuba.

[glazbagun]

Completely opposed to the Death Penalty, feel it has no place in government and will fight it to the last.

But would turna blind eye in this case.

[hornetrider]

Article said:

A former US military contractor who shot and killed a defenceless and handcuffed member of the Taleban walked free today after a judge decided he had been provoked by the Afghan’s brutality....

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On November 4 last year in the southern Afghan village of Chehel Gazi, Ayala (THE ACCUSED), who had retired from the US Army and was working as a military contractor, was part of a team aimed at helping US soldiers understand Afghan culture. With him was Paula Loyd, an anthropologist embedded with the unit.

Minutes before he was shot, Salam — posing as an unthreatening Afghan citizen — had been chatting with Loyd about the price of fuel. Suddenly, he threw a bucket of petrol on her and set her on fire.

Soldiers dragged Loyd, 36, to a sewage-filled drainage ditch to put out the flames. It took three men, including Ayala, to subdue and handcuff Salam. The Taleban later claimed responsibility for the attack.

When others told Ayala how badly Loyd was injured, he put a 9mm pistol to Salam’s head and pulled the trigger. Salam died instantly. Loyd’s death was far longer and more painful. With second and third-degree burns covering 60 per cent of her body, she clung to life for two months before finally dying on January 7 at Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio.

Give the guy a medal is what I say

[Sheets Tabuer]

I am against the death penalty with a passion, having the idiots in charge now with the power over who lives or dies when they can't even honestly claim expenses is abhorrent to me, the state should not have the power to remove your life.....

However...

[s2art]

Bad error of judgement IMHO. The correct way to proceed would have been to
castrate him, shove a pork sausage in his mouth (or up his arse), wrap him in pigskin and then string him up to die slowly. That would give others pause to consider.

[speedtwelve]

I wouldn't have had any self-control in the situation either; I'd also have blown the fker's head off. I'm going to stop typing now before I get a ban. I'll keep my opinions on Islamic Fundamentalism to myself.

[Nadyenka]

Why did he have trial even?.He killed some one who deserve it.To me I do not think he did any thing wrong.