LAW FROM THE CENTER

Nearly 33 years after the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the court-martial of Lieutenant Calley, the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld (from AP) the dismissal of a civil suit against Calley and other soldiers by Vietnamese citizens. The sole basis for the ruling appears to be that the 10-year statute of limitations has well passed, and that the poverty and unfamiliarity with the American legal system of the Vietnamese survivors cannot overcome this procedural bar. No word yet on whether or not the group will petition for certiorari.