Photo: Capt. Robert Semrau's court martial continued Tuesday in Gatineau, Que. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press)A Jury Of His Peers? Hardly -- Peter Worthington, Toronto Sun
A concern about the court martial of Capt. Robert Semrau, charged with killing a mortally wounded Taliban insurgent on the battlefield, is that he gets a fair trial.
What makes people like me uneasy, is that the none of the five-member panel comes from the combat arms, or has ever had to make decisions on a battlefield while under fire, as Semrau had to make.
The court martial panel will decide guilt or innocence by majority decision, unlike civilian trials where the jury must reach a unanimous verdict.
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My Comment: My friends who serve in the Canadian Arm Forces have also voiced the same concerns. This trial will be watched and reported by this blog as it continues.
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