Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent: Negev farmer who killed burglar will not be tried for murder
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Title:A question that will never be answered.
Name:Colin Wright
City: RichmondState: California
`He maintains that after they were shot, they were dragged into the farm, but could not say who dragged them into there.`

Could be true -- could be a lie. If it is true, though, I think we can count on Israeli police to not notice any evidence (drag marks, etc) supporting the claim.

Anyway, the central legal problem is that killing Arabs isn`t REALLY murder in Israel. It`s a matter of massaging the evidence and the charge until an appropriate penalty can be assigned. Something like about what you would get for killing your neighbor`s dog in another country. There has to be SOME penalty: culling the Arab population is a function that should be reserved to the IDF and police. Almost everyone seems to agree about that.