Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!
Most of these so-called people are in their 70's and 80's, if not older.
Old age and/or ill health will and has in the past slowed down if not cancelled out a trial all together.
On the one hand i absolutely believe in accountability for your actions, and ie these people should be held accountable for their involvement in these crimes against humanity.
HOWEVER, IF and i stress if these people actually end up being sentenced by the ruling courts, what then?
Jail? I am under the belief that jail is a institution that has one purpose in mind.
And that is rehabilitation!
It is generally considered that when sentencing a person to jail, that rehabilitation is first and foremost in the minds of the 'punishers'. Or is it?
So, sentencing a 80 year old to jail time, correct me if i'm wrong but, isn't that a little too late? For rehabilitation?
So, you investigate and investigate, and then finally there is a simple biological solution: they die.
Here is the report card in it's entirety, with the relevant scores and what they mean:
Category A: Highly Successful Investigation and Prosecution Program
Those countries, which have adopted a proactive stance on the issue, have taken all reasonable measures to identify the potential suspected Nazi war criminals in the country in order to maximize investigation and prosecution and have achieved notable results during the period under review.
Category B: Ongoing Investigation and Prosecution Program Which Has Achieved Practical Success
Those countries which have taken the necessary measures to enable the proper investigation and prosecution of Nazi war criminals and have registered at least one conviction and/or filed one indictment during the period under review.
Category C: Minimal Success That Could Have Been Greater, Additional Steps Urgently Required
Those countries which have failed to obtain any convictions or indictments during the period under review but have either advanced ongoing cases currently in litigation or have opened new investigations, which have serious potential for prosecution.
Category D: Insufficient and/or Unsuccessful Efforts
Those countries which have ostensibly made at least a minimal effort to investigate Nazi war criminals but which failed to achieve any practical results during the period under review. In many cases these countries have stopped or reduced their efforts to deal with this issue long before they could have and could achieve important results if they were to change their policy.
Category E: No known suspects
Those countries in which there are no known suspects and no practical steps have been taken to uncover new cases.
Category F-1: Failure in principle
Those countries which refuse in principle to investigate, let alone prosecute, suspected Nazi war criminals because of legal (statute of limitation) or ideological restrictions.
Category F-2: Failure in practice
Those countries in which there are no legal obstacles to the investigation and prosecution of suspected Nazi war criminals, but whose efforts (or lack thereof) have resulted in complete failure during the period under review, primarily due to the absence of political will to proceed and/or a lack of the requisite resources and/or expertise.
Category X: Failure to submit pertinent data
Those countries which did not respond to the questionnaire, but clearly did not take any action whatsoever to investigate suspected Nazi war criminals during the period under review.
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A: Germany, United States
B:, Serbia
C: Italy*, Poland*
D: Austria, Croatia*, Denmark, Great Britain, Netherlands
E: Argentina, Finland, Greece, Latvia*, Slovenia
F-1: Norway, Sweden, Syria
F-2: Australia, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine
X: Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Luxemburg, New Zealand, Paraguay, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Uruguay
* tentative grade pending receipt of official statistics
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