# The Gadhafi conundrum:  Trial for his killers?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gadhafi-conundrum-trial-for-his-killers/600741 "2011-10-25T15:07:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gadhafi-conundrum-trial-for-his-killers/600741/13 "2011-10-25T16:25:57Z")

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It’d be a show trial, and they’d be acquitted, so why not?

> [@Oakminster](#):
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> My understanding is that Libya intends to set up a new legal system–unfortunately, one which will be based on [Shariah law](http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/24/libya-sharia-law.html).

Why is that “unfortunate”?

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