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Uniformed U.S. soldiers, heads out of frame with their backs to the camera, stand in a line with their hands clasped behind their backs.

The Moral Cost of Killing on Command

The U.S. government has a special responsibility to not impose avoidable harm to those who will carry out Nidal Hasan's execution.
José Basulto, president of the Cuban exile organization Brothers to the Rescue, stands beside a small plane 03 August 2006 in Miami, which was used to assist Cuban rafters fleeing the communist island nation. Basulto, who has been accused of violating Cuban airspace on numerous occasions and is said to have dropped anti-Fidel Castro leaflets over Havana, no longer flies on these missions. On 24 February 1996 Cuban airforce MiGs shot two of the unarmed rescue aircrafts killing its occupants. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Shooting Down Civil Aircraft: What International and U.S. Law Say About a Charge in the Raul Castro Indictment

Q&A providing an overview of the legal framework governing shootdowns, including their status under both international and domestic U.S. law
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