The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor were found guilty earlier today, against all the scientific evidence of their innocence. I second PZ's sentiment about this.
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From Declan Butler in this week's Nature:
Lawyers defending six medical workers who risk execution by firing squad in Libya have called for the international scientific community to support a bid to prove the medics' innocence. The six are charged with deliberately infecting more than 400 children…
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Soon, maybe as soon as the end of the month, the Libyan Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor, the "Tripoli 6" (here, here, here, here, here and here). As it approaches there is intense activity from the international scientific community. On…
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The sentence came in, Coturnix. Death.
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They can still appeal to the Libyan Supreme Court.
Death is the minimum sentence for them. They are guilty for te life of children, the biggect sin.....
I hope they have more sense than the previous jurists, but somehow I doubt it.
Bullshit. They are innocent. The science clearly shows that. This is nothing more than a cynical ploy by the Libyan government to redirect anger away from the government and its primitive hospitals and towards foreign scapegoats.
Exactly, Orac.
Not to mention the $5.7 billion in compensation and the release of the terrorists being held in a Scottish jail, which is what Libya is demanding to release these innocent health care workers.
I agree
I agree