Dead People on Trial!

[Hyena Dandy]

Sparked by Terry Jones wanting to put The Prophet Muhammed on trial for "Crimes against humanity"



Let's find other dead people to put on trial.

I've suggested Xerxes for war crimes and Julius Caesar for treason.





Any other historical figures we should try?

I'd like to point out that "Habeas Corpus" means "Have the body". Nobody said it had to be still alive.

[Ladeeda]

Caligula for digging up Alex the Great and stealing his armor.

And then Alex, for whatever we can trump up.

[Hyena Dandy]

Caligula for digging up Alex the Great and stealing his armor.

And then Alex, for whatever we can trump up.

So.

Gaius Julius "Littleboots" Caesar, for graverobbing. And I think we can get Crimes against Humanity on him too, what with all the crazy.

Alexander the Great... Uh...

Sexual harassment for forcing all his soldiers to marry Persian women.

Take however many soldiers he had, and multiply by two for the number of counts.

[Salted Grump]

Atilla the hun for 16 thousand counts of polygyny?

[NorthernZel]

Jesus of Nazareth for vandalism and several counts of assault (that incident at The Temple)

[Hyena Dandy]

Jesus of Nazareth for vandalism and several counts of assault (that incident at The Temple)

I think we tried that once. It didn't stick.

[NorthernZel]

I think we tried that once. It didn't stick.

Oh.... righto.

Um... (though it's a myth) Katherina the Great of Russia for sodomy and zoophilia, then?

[AdminAssistant]

William Shaxper of Stratford-upon-Avon for plagiarism.

[Kheldarson]

Hm...William the Conqueror for theft of land?

[Salted Grump]

Hm...William the Conqueror for theft of land?

Nah; he had both Causus Belli and a legitimate claim to the throne.

Otto Von Bismarck for inciting multiple wars?

[Kheldarson]

How about Vlad Tepes Dracul on multiple counts of crimes against humanity and general insanity?

[Hyena Dandy]

Adolph Hitler for Conspiracy To Cause A Breach of the Peace.