Is * guilty? Has he caused others to be guilty? You be the jury.
Quoted directly from
Title 18, Chapter 118 "WAR CRIMES" of the United States Code.
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18 USC Sec. 2441
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 118 - WAR CRIMES
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Sec. 2441. War crimes
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(a) Offense. - Whoever, whether inside or outside the United
States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described
in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the
victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death.
(b) Circumstances. - The circumstances referred to in subsection (a)
are that the person committing such war crime or the victim of such
war crime is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a
national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act).
(c) Definition. - As used in this section the term "war crime"
means any conduct -
-- (1) defined as a grave breach in any of the international
-- conventions signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to
-- such convention to which the United States is a party;
-- (2) prohibited by Article 23, 25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the
-- Hague Convention IV, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on
-- Land, signed 18 October 1907;
-- (3) which constitutes a violation of common Article 3 of the
-- international conventions signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949, or
-- any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a
-- party and which deals with non-international armed conflict; or
-- (4) of a person who, in relation to an armed conflict and
-- contrary to the provisions of the Protocol on Prohibitions or
-- Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices
-- as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3
-- May 1996), when the United States is a party to such Protocol,
-- willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians.
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(Added Pub. L. 104-192, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2104,
Sec. 2401; renumbered Sec. 2441, Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec.
605(p)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3510; amended Pub. L. 105-118,
title V, Sec. 583, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2436; Pub. L. 107-273,
div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(e)(7), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1810.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to
in subsec. (b), is classified to section 1101 of Title 8, Aliens
and Nationality.