Back in the good old days if you captured a slaver you could establish the facts
"Were there slaves on the ship? Was this guy on the ship? He's a slaver".
And then hang them.
Just like that. No courts, no complications. Just dead slavers.
Fun fact: The US has held this applies to torturers too. I'm sure there's some very important legal principle that prevents this from applying to the director of the CIA though.
Funnily enough so did most nations in the world at one point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostis_humani_generis
Back in the good old days if you captured a slaver you could establish the facts
And then hang them.
Just like that. No courts, no complications. Just dead slavers.
Fun fact: The US has held this applies to torturers too. I'm sure there's some very important legal principle that prevents this from applying to the director of the CIA though.
Oh I'm gonna memorize that phrase. Hope I get to say it in anger