United States v. Keenan

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United States v. Keenan [1] was a court case in the United States where the accused, US Marine PFC Charles W. Keenan, was found guilty of murder after he shot and killed a Vietnamese man [2] under orders from a superior officer. The Court of Military Appeals held that following orders was not a justification if "the order was of such a nature that a man of ordinary sense and understanding would know it to be illegal". [2] The soldier who gave Keenan the order, US Marine Corporal Stanley Luczko, was convicted of killing another Vietnamese person during the same incident. [2]

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  1. ↑ United States v. Keenan, 39 C.M.R. 108, 110, 1969
  2. 1 2 3 Solis, Gary D. (2009). "Keenan". In Cassese, Antonio (ed.). The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press. pp. 756–757. ISBN   9780199238316.


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