Those involved will be identified; they will answer for their actions".
But because they won't have to answer for their crimes, unrepentant criminals will likely commit their crimes, again, over and over, and they will graduate to committing even worse offenses.
Saddam and his henchmen believed that they would never have to answer for their crimes.
It is small solace for the dead, but these ruthless men ultimately are being made to answer for their crimes.
But really this is about preserving the most traditional legal principle there is: that criminals should answer for their crimes.
I had visions of MPs being dragged off to answer for their crimes and the Lord Archer Memorial Wing of Ford Open over flowing with "right honourables".
Or should we see it as a process through which alleged wrongdoers are called to answer the charges that thay face and to answer for their crimes if their guilt is proved?
Then we sat in on a Sharia court where even amid the fighting, criminals must answer for their crimes.
Almost half a century has passed since he was beaten and jailed for his efforts to fight the dictatorship, but he remains confident that justice will be done, that his torturers will answer publicly for their crimes and that his convictions will be overturned.
Failing to identify the guilty by name guarantees that many will die of old age, drawing generous government pensions and never answering for their crimes.
We took care of one, [are] now taking care of the second, and if they give us a third, we'll take care of him too, until they're all behind bars answering for their crimes," says Mahmoud, who spent a week in custody after being arrested by the National Intelligence and Security Service during the protest.
