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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 350157" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>To be honest, I don't "want" to charge anyone, but I do think that as a nation of laws, we have an obligation to uphold our laws. Historically, as a nation, we have upheld the concept of command responsibility with regards to crimes committed by troops on the battlefield. If the SFC acted completely alone then he is the only one who should be charged. If, however, an investigation reveals that his PC knew what he did and failed to take any action then he becomes culpable as well. Same goes for the CC. And the BC. And right up the line. Because anyone in the chain who knows, or should know, that a crime might have occurred has a legal obligation take action and if they fail to so then they have failed to do their jobs and are at least guilty of criminal negligence.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, that's because I'm not a prosecutor. You know they always throw every charge they can think of and bring those charges against everybody they can even remotely connect to the case in order to maximize their chances of getting someone to cooperate and cut a deal, or plead guilty to a lesser charge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 350157, member: 4805"] To be honest, I don't "want" to charge anyone, but I do think that as a nation of laws, we have an obligation to uphold our laws. Historically, as a nation, we have upheld the concept of command responsibility with regards to crimes committed by troops on the battlefield. If the SFC acted completely alone then he is the only one who should be charged. If, however, an investigation reveals that his PC knew what he did and failed to take any action then he becomes culpable as well. Same goes for the CC. And the BC. And right up the line. Because anyone in the chain who knows, or should know, that a crime might have occurred has a legal obligation take action and if they fail to so then they have failed to do their jobs and are at least guilty of criminal negligence. Well, that's because I'm not a prosecutor. You know they always throw every charge they can think of and bring those charges against everybody they can even remotely connect to the case in order to maximize their chances of getting someone to cooperate and cut a deal, or plead guilty to a lesser charge. [/QUOTE]
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