mr. estrada started, which was the hanging. kinn henry likely -- rightly saw that justice needs to be done and all that needs to be asked is that this course sees is the obligation so as to teach and counsel king henry beyond his ways that he, too, has to live under the law, the law that he said was the true law. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, counsel. the case is submitted. the court will take a brief recess. >> all rise. >> ok, while the court deliberates, we have a few moments in which you the audience may pose questions to the trial teams on the side. susan and amy are wondering audience on the lower levels with microphones. if you raise your hand, they will bring a microphone to you and allow you to pose a question. do we have a first quustion from a member? >> my question to the french, and i extend this to the english as well, i recall nothing from the record that suggested that these were prisoners of war, in the sense that they had made themselves subservient to their captors, other than the fact that th

mr. estrada? >> may it please the court, as a boy said when he was murdered by the french, "the empty vessel make the greatest sound." and so it is. all of these influences are contrived. they are nowhere in the record. henry was clearly justified in retaliation. moderate means of war might be applied is quaint. [laughter] to imply those 600 years after the fact woull be to ascribe animal welfare laws to the roman circus. it does not happen. there was a reference made. it is telling that you have not heard of any illegality against civilians. >> narrow, caligula. -- nero, caligula. beating prisoners to the lions would be ok as well. this was not the majority view. there was a duke -- there was a view in support of the french which did urge the courts to consider the more humane customs of the american indians, the eskimos, and the japanese some nine -- japanese samurai. even looking at the international landscape without context, it is clear that no nation then held let it was sensible that a lead