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Podcast: The Prosecution of the Somali Pirate

By Robert J. Ambrogi

This week's <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/04/legal-case-against-a-pirate/">Lawyer2Lawyer</a> podcast looks at the first U.S. piracy prosecution in more than a century:<br /><blockquote>The first prosecution of a pirate in the U.S. in 100 years! The world watched closely as Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship was rescued, after being held hostage by four Somali pirates. <a title="Law.com" href="http://www.law.com/" target="_blank">Law.com</a> bloggers and co-hosts <a title="J. Craig Williams" href="http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/journal.asp" target="_blank">J. Craig Williams</a> and <a title="Bob Ambrogi" href="http://www.legaline.com/lawsites.html" target="_blank">Bob Ambrogi</a> welcome piracy law expert <a title="Professor Samuel P. Menefee" href="http://www.virginia.edu/cnsl/bio/menefee.html" target="_blank">Professor Samuel P. Menefee</a>, Maury Fellow at <a title="University of Virginia's Center for Ocean Law and Policy" href="http://www.virginia.edu/colp/" target="_blank">University of Virgina's Center for Ocean Law and Policy</a>, and <a title="Attorney Joseph R. McFaul" href="http://www.sdma.com/joseph-r-mcfaul/" target="_blank">Joseph R. McFaul</a>, a partner with <a title="Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP" href="http://www.sdma.com/" target="_blank">Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold</a> and a retired commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, to explore the legal issues surrounding piracy on the high seas and the future of the captured pirate and how this case could be a deterrent in other incidents of piracy.</blockquote>Download or listen to the show <a href="http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/04/legal-case-against-a-pirate/">at this page</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3958829-6639474128613465883?l=www.legaline.com%2Flawsites.html'/></div>

Full post as published by Lawsites on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).