Any person convicted on charges of war crime, shall face a fine or imprisonment for life or both. However, if the wrongdoer causes the death of the victim by indulging into a war crime, he shall also be subject to death penalty.
The term war crime has been defined in Title 18, Part 1 of the US Code. According to the US Code, war crime has been defined as any conduct:-
- "a grave breach in any of the international conventions signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party;
- prohibited by Article 23, 25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18 October 1907;
- which constitutes a grave breach of common Article 3 when committed in the context of and in association with an armed conflict not of an international character; or
- of a person who, in relation to an armed conflict and contrary to the provisions of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996), when the United States is a party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians."
(More:http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002441----000-.html)
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