If found guilty, what sentence would you give 5 foreign-born men who planned to kill our soliders at Fort Dix?

Question

The five men, all foreign-born Muslims in their 20s who have spent much of their lives in New Jersey, were charged in May 2007 with plotting to kill soldiers on the Army base, which primarily trains reservists for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Answer 1

Well, thats a little iffy.  If they talk about it as being religious in nature, life in prison without parole.  If its non religious in nature then give them the death penalty.

Answer 2

Conspiracy to commit murder can bring up to a life sentence.  It is not a capital offense.  However if they successfully raise a wartime defense (as members of an opposing military force) then no crime would have been committed and the charges would probably be dropped.  Of course at that point they could (and probably would) be sent to a POW camp for the duration of the "War on Terror."

It's easy to say "Fry the b******s!" but the Geneva Convention and the Law of Armed Conflict do not allow for that treatment.  (And for this reason I expect a number of the Gitmo prosecutions to fail, especially as the jury is made up of military officers.  They understand the law and if the defense successfully raises the defense that the detainees were members of an opposing military force they will likely be found Not Guilty by the jury!)

Answer 3

life in prison with no access to mullahs but a christian prayer broadcast 5 times a day and only pork on the menu.

Answer 4

They should all be hung from a tree, then their bodies cremated and the ashes thrown in the trash.  Then remove all records of their existence in the USA and when their family asks what happened give them a blank look and say, sorry, never heard of that person.

Answer 5

Death.

Answer 6

Execution.

Answer 7

Well they didn't actualy kill anyone. I don't think where they were born is relevant to anything it just sounds like poorly disguised racism.

Answer 8

Hang them high.

Answer 9

Death!!

Answer 10

Attempted murder, and even worse, seeing that they're enemy combatants. The firing squad would probably be in order.

Liberals, however, would sympathize with them, as they also hate America and our military.

Answer 11

Death penalty. And not the nice way - "oh, we'll just paralyze you, then put you to sleep". Nope, none of that c**p.

Bring out a heavy duty firing squad.

Answer 12

Firing squad.