The Code of Obammurabi

Writes Steve Kwon: After learning the possibility that Bin Laden was captured and then murdered, I expressed to one of my colleagues at work that I wished Bin Laden was captured, not killed. He became curious and asked why I would prefer not to end the life of the most hated man in America. I explained to him that I believed the United States should have tried Bin Laden if he was able to be captured because of the importance of the due process of law and that the Constitution did not permit extrajudicial killings. After some back and forth … Continue reading The Code of Obammurabi