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Dead Men Tell No Tales: SCOTUS’s Denial of Cert to Redefine Naval Piracy Gives Vitality to 1820 Case

BY JAMES LECHTER — “The penalty for attempted theft is life in prison.”  At first blush, this sounds draconian and savage.  An exploration of modern piracy suggests that this rule, if you’ll forgive the pun, floats. Piracy is big business, and business is booming off the coast of Somalia. The worldwide community in 2010 suffered […]