Posted
10:49 AM
by Gene
FLIP:Britain is considering charging Islamist clerics with treason if they incite violence or praise suicide attacks as part of a security crackdown after last month's London bombings, a government official said on Monday....FLOP:But legal experts said treason was not the best approach and Blair's office played down talk of its use....AND:
Opposition Liberal Democrat Lord Carlile, an independent reviewer of anti-terrorism laws, said treason charges were neither sensible nor practical....
"I don't think there's a lawyer alive and working who's ever appeared in any part of a treason case and I think we should tread in that historic territory very carefully," said Carlile.
He said other existing charges, including solicitation to murder and incitement to murder, would be more appropriate.I agree. Trying to destroy a country is merely an act of MURDER.