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tptacek
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What is really happening in Ukraine
What hypothetical trial? The USG could not apprehend al-Awlaki without invading Yemen. No trial was possible.
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on Jan 27, 2014
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He could have been trialed in absentia, get death penalty and then get killed by a drone. I don't know if this scenario was even possible, let alone probable.
tptacek
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It is not, because trials in absentia, particularly criminal trials, and specifically capital trials, are unconstitutional in the US.
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