The missionaries should be tried in Haiti.
“It was Haitian law that has been violated, it is up to the Haitian authorities to hear and judge the case,” said Paul Denis, Haiti's Justice Minister(US missionaries charged in Haiti). Some have suggested the missionaries be tried in the United States, but this would be unfair to the Haitian government since the crime was committed against them. The man who came through Amsterdam to Detroit with a bomb in his pants was tried in the U.S., the country which the crime was committed against, why should this be treated any different? Because that was an act of terrorism? And this seems to be an act of kindness? A crime is a crime, and on any level it should be tried in the city, state or country whose laws the crime had broken.
“I feel good,” the missionary group leader, Laura Silsby, told reporters. “I trust in God”
If she is so comfortable with what will happen, then it really shouldn't matter whether they are tried in the U.S. or not. Much has also been said lately that many parents had willingly gave their children to the group because they were injured badly and would simply not be able to provide for their kids. If this is the case, then the court should acknowledge this fact and maybe even find some of the newly disabled parents and make sure this is all true.
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