On B5, killing your child is still murder. If they had that much of a problem they should have traveled back to their world before they murdered their kid.Lighthawk wrote:Bingo. While we could argue the moral side of this, the legal side is pretty black and white. Franklin was in the wrong there.
Then its agreed. Franklin is to be charged with disobeying a direct order, to which his CO will file a complaint on his record. The parents will be charged with a joint count of Murder in the First Degree and Assault of a Minor and Child Endangerment and Child Abuse.Rochey wrote:I'm with Deep on this. Throw Franklin in the brig along with the parents. Though one of them is getting out a lot quicker than the others.
Chickens do oftenSuperSaiyaMan12 wrote:If the skin is cut open and the soul escapes according to this race's religion, what happens if someone cuts their finger? Do they kill the person since he's nothing more than an 'empty shell' now?
Pretty sure.Deepcrush wrote:Are you sure that's them???
Or maybe the stations regulations do not extend to that kind of crime and Sinclair did not have the power to detain them. Yeah it's an EA station but it's also host to embassies of all sorts of races, the law may not be as stringent as it would be on an EA colony.Monroe wrote:Maybe his CO agreed with Franklin's decision.. one of those do what I would do not what I say kind of things.
I think they have neutral laws (EA). Like B5 though owned by the EA is not part of any government so has its own laws.Rochey wrote:I suppose it depends a lot on how Babylon 5 handles illegal actions. I'm not too sure if any one race's laws apply there, due to its status.
B5 is neutral but its under the control of Earth Force and governed by Earth Alliance law.Monroe wrote:I think they have neutral laws (EA). Like B5 though owned by the EA is not part of any government so has its own laws.
