Among the captured were two commanders who were tried under "Islamic" law by the Taliban and then executed.
According to Washington post, the Doctor could have received the death penalty if he had been tried under normal Pakistani law.
They want to try him under German law.
The judge seemed most strongly inclined toward a third possibility, that the case would be tried under Mexican law.
Some of them said the soldiers should be tried under Islamic law and face the death penalty if found guilty of the killings.
It has yet to be determined if these people will be tried under existing Iraqi law with modifications or some new system.
However the sentence they received is actually just as long as if they had been adults and tried under current law, surely?
The Vatican announced that Maciel would not be tried under canonical law because of his age.
It must either release prisoners if there is no evidence against them, or try them under international law.
As an accomplished lawyer, Hogerbeets tried to avail himself of his legal rights under Dutch law.