What's The Point?

A trial that created a horrific precedent of not being able to get tried for something before a law is created. This permits a lot of evils. A world we want to avoid.

The Triumph of Evil - Rwanda Genocide

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• The U.S. delayed ratifying the Genocide convention due to the fact that they were afraid they would be persecuted for crimes they committed pre-antebellum. Before the convention was created.
• This Fear allowed for the creation of the Retroactive clause [Proxmire Act] , which stated that you could not be tried for crimes committed before the creation of any law, and that you had to give those who were under the jurisdiction of this law notice of the law's application and give them time to cease the act which is being prohibited by the law.
• Prosecution of John Paul Pyeskue: in Rwanda 800,000 people were killed in 60 days

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