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I think it's important to note that if the Citizen's Commission members were identified within the 5 years after the theft, they would have been tried and jail
by ameister14 8y ago
I think it's important to note that if the Citizen's Commission members were identified within the 5 years after the theft, they would have been tried and jailed. That's the risk you take. They kept their silence about their identities for over 40 years.
- ninjin 8y agoCertainly, but would it have been morally (not legally) correct to have had them tried and jailed? Personally, I would have said no, in that their actions were clearly in the interest of the greater public and uncovered illegal actions on the part of the state. This is a difficult question though; I have not made up my mind entirely as to where the boundary lies.
- ameister14 8y agoI think it would have been morally acceptable to have them tried and jailed, and morally acceptable for them to be pardoned afterwards.