Punishment for War Crimes: Duty--or Discretion?

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

In 1968, a movie called The Graduate received wide critical acclaim for characterizing the malaise of youthful America. For many, the scene most representative of contemporary irrelevance took place during the protagonist's homecoming party, at which a businessman, with grave and repetitive insistence, encouraged the recent college graduate to enter the plastics industry. In a CBS-TV news interview on November 24, 1969, Paul D. Meadlo revealed his participation in an incident in Vietnam that has captured the horrified attention of the nation. Meadlo, twenty-three years old, is a machine operator in a Terre Haute, Indiana plastics factory.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, Punishment for War Crimes: Duty--or Discretion?, 69 Mich. L. Rev. 1312 (1971).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol69/iss7/3