>>>>>I agree. I would like to see the military court investigating and prosecuting statute of limitations to be similar to those in the civilian courts or even better, unlimited. There should be no statute of limitations on crimes.
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>>>>On war crimes there never was.
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>>>>Oh, sorry, I forgot. This is US operating on foreign soil. The international law may or may not apply.
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>>>That is the problem with civilian courts here in the U.S. handling these trials. In our judicial system, there is a statute of limitations on many crimes. There is also a limitation on when a military court can try for actions while on active duty. That is the one that needs to be changed to unlimited and then the trial can go through the military court as it should.
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>>Isn't it more than that? The way I understood it, until now, civilian courts could not try someone for a military crime, and the military couldn't try someone once they've left the military. So, even if the time limit becomes unlimited, they still have the issue of not being able to try an ex-soldier at all. Or have I got that wrong?
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>That is my point. There is a statute of limitations on trying in military courts. The military courts need the authority to try actions committed while on active duty even after the soldier is released from active duty. In addition to that, the statute of limitations on crimes during active duty need to be waived.

Oh, ok. I didn't read your post quite that way.