Scotland could become one of the first countries to establish a specific crime for mass environmental destruction as championed by late Scots barrister Polly Higgins.
No. They’re saying, “these weren’t laws when these people were breaking them, so we can’t punish them for breaking laws that weren’t yet laws.”
I’d normally agree with that statement but annihilating the environment is a violation of all laws of nature. Also these fucks broke plenty of other laws so…
Genocide wasn’t a de jure crime until after WWII but we killed the fuck out of a bunch of Nazis, because it was super obvious that while no laws were on the books, that shit ain’t allowed.
I don’t really think this is a situation that can be handled by normal laws. We might have to do what was done at Nuremberg when dealing with oil company execs. The crimes of those organizations span at least a hundred years and it’s too important to let them off on a technicality.
No. They’re saying, “these weren’t laws when these people were breaking them, so we can’t punish them for breaking laws that weren’t yet laws.”
I’d normally agree with that statement but annihilating the environment is a violation of all laws of nature. Also these fucks broke plenty of other laws so…
Genocide wasn’t a de jure crime until after WWII but we killed the fuck out of a bunch of Nazis, because it was super obvious that while no laws were on the books, that shit ain’t allowed.
I don’t really think this is a situation that can be handled by normal laws. We might have to do what was done at Nuremberg when dealing with oil company execs. The crimes of those organizations span at least a hundred years and it’s too important to let them off on a technicality.
I agree. I edited my post (probably after you saw it) to reflect that.