http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/nyregion/22pirate.html?hp
Ani – care to weigh in here? You think they’ll start teaching a course at HLS called “Pirate Law”? Cause that would be awesome.
“We are expecting this to be a very long trial proceeding,” said Omar Jamal, the director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in Minneapolis, which helps Somali immigrants with legal and social issues. “How long has it been since the United States tried a pirate? They must dig through the books for precedents.”