[68skylark]

I agree. If they want to lynch the bad guys, that's fine with me -- wish I could help them. But when a crowd gets too emotional, bad things happen. I'd hate for them to attack or kill some hostage, based on a misunderstanding or something. That kind of "friendly fire" just makes the whole bad situation even worse.

As frustrating as it is to wait for courts to do their work, there's a reason civilized people try to work through a court process -- to protect the innocent, not to protect the guilty.

[Americanwolf]

I agree that the court process is the right way to go and I always hope that here in the US we choose to go that route when things like this occur. But for most of Russia at this point from all I have read is the courts are a joke and very back logged. Russia has been teetering on the brink of falling into third world status for a long time. I cannot see them waiting for justice.. As much as I like to I cannot put The American way of thinking into the minds of the Russians...it is not the same situation.

[YngConservative]

*As frustrating as it is to wait for courts to do their work, there's a reason civilized people try to work through a court process -- to protect the innocent, not to protect the guilty.*

But a so-called court process would not have guaranteed his lynching and, hence, justice. The rope did. Swift and inexpensive justice.

Moreover, I'm sure Russian forces must have told the throng that the scum was one of fiendish islamic murderers.