> “A soldier is reasoning agent,” a military court explained in the 1991 case U.S. v. Kinder, in which a soldier who killed a civilian was convicted of murder on the grounds that his superior’s order to do so was obviously illegal and should have been reported.
This reference appears to be completely wrong. The case it links to is an appeal of drug dealing convictions.
The phrase "A soldier is a reasoning agent" appears in the 1973 case U.S. v. Calley [1] appealing Calley's conviction for murder at My Lai.
This reference appears to be completely wrong. The case it links to is an appeal of drug dealing convictions.
The phrase "A soldier is a reasoning agent" appears in the 1973 case U.S. v. Calley [1] appealing Calley's conviction for murder at My Lai.
[1] https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/united-states-united-st...