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Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act : ウィキペディア英語版 | Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act
The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) is a law intended to place military contractors under U.S. law.〔http://www.pubklaw.com/hi/pl106-523.pdf〕〔http://www.setexasrecord.com/arguments/216215-legally-speaking-law-and-the-fog-of-war-part-i-of-ii〕 The law was used to prosecute former Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario, Jr. for the killing of unarmed Iraqi detainees, though he was ultimately acquitted.〔 ==Overview==
MEJA was a bill passed in 2000 that allowed persons who are "employed by or accompanying the armed forces" overseas may be prosecuted under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 for any offense that would be punishable by imprisonment for more than one year if committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. "Employed by the armed forces" is defined to include civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DoD) as well as its contractors and their employees (including subcontractors at any tier), and, after October 8, 2004, civilian contractors and employees from other federal agencies and "any provisional authority," to the extent that their employment is related to the support of the Department of Defense mission overseas. By the wording, MEJA is supposed to apply to Private Military Contractors and Private Security Contractors that previously fell out of the jurisdiction of being civilians or military personnel.
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