I know someone who was arrested for breaking into someone’s house and stabbing them. What do you think would be the minimum punishment?
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I know someone who was arrested for breaking into someone’s house and stabbing them. What do you think would be the minimum punishment?
he is in the militaryhe was off base when the incident happened, and the person did not die.
Asked on June 18, 2009 under Criminal Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
If the victim was a civilian, then the assailant would be tried under the law of the country that this happened in. If the victim was also in the military, even if the incident happened off-base, the assailant would be tried under military law.
As to what the minimum punishment would be, that obviously depends under what law he is tried under. I am not versed in the military legal system so I do not know what the minimum punishment would be; nor do I know foreign law. One thing that I can tell you is that military penalties as a rule are harsher than those of civilian courts.
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