re: #475 The Sanity Inspector

People who commit treason against the United States, in particular those U.S. citizens who take up arms against the United States in war. Specifically, I would have approved of bringing up John Walker Lindh on those charges. I would also approve of doing the same thing with anyone else doing the same thing. I think it was merciful of the prosecutors not to pursue those charges in that case. But, if there ever gets to be a wave of American Al-Qaeda hauled into our courts, I’d prefer we get tougher with them.

We already have the death penalty though anyway. And people prefer the death penalty over life in a SuperMax.
I think we’re handling these people just fine so far, really.

Fun bonus fact: a welshman could be convicted of treason for stealing cattle!
Other treasonous offenses in the past: being a Catholic priest; counterfeiting money or the Privy Seal.
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