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it is an important legal issue.

waht's amazing about the constitution and the tribunal in haiti and your posting is that a court claimed it had no juridiction to try a dismissed official.

Did the former prime minister resign before any charge has set against him for the killings?

if he really did, unfortunately, the court can legally try him. it is not a parliament issue.

it is the criminal justice issue with the troubled country.

i think they probably need a special prosecutor or a change of venue to prevent a partial (bias) jury. in sum, all they have to do is come up with all the evidence and the testimonies of the victims and witnesses and the well set of causes and effects.

"Four years after the February 2004 killings, it is still not clear what occurred in St. Marc.
A Haitian court ruled it did not have jurisdiction to try the case in April 2007, saying only a special parliamentary tribunal could try a government official."

reality checked.

LAVAUD HOLD DESMOULINS OF NEW YORK CITY
A.K.A. THE C.R.J.
POLICY ANALIST IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Lavaud Desmoulins, July 13 2008, 8:02 AM

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