By LAUREN IZSO
07/30/2013
A Kenyan lawyer has filed a petition with the
International Court of Justice in The Hague, suggesting that the trial and
crucifixion of Jesus Christ was unlawful, and the State of Israel among others
should be held responsible, Kenyan news outlet the Nairobian reported on Friday.
Dola Indidis, a lawyer and former spokesman
of the Kenyan Judiciary is reportedly attempting to sue Tiberius (emperor of
Rome, 42 BCE-37 CE), Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish elders, King Herod,
the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel. He
wants the IJC to consider a re-trial of Jesus
Christ, convict those responsible for his unlawful
crucifixion.
“Evidence today is on record in the Bible,
and you cannot discredit the Bible,” Indidis told the Kenyan Citizen News.
Although those he suggests should have been
convicted during the original trial have not been alive for more than 2,000
years, Indidis insists that the government for whom they acted can and should
still be held responsible.
“I filed the case because it’s my duty to
uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the
man from Nazareth,” Indidis told the Nairobian. “His selective and malicious
prosecution violated his human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of
office bias and prejudice.”
Indidis apparently named the states of Italy
and Israel in the lawsuit because upon the attainment of independence, the two
states incorporated the laws of the Roman Empire, those in force at the time of
the crucifixion.
He is challenging the mode of questioning
used during Jesus’s trial, prosecution, hearing and sentencing; the form of
punishment meted out to him while undergoing judicial proceedings and the
substance of the information used to convict him.
The case was first filed in the High Court in
Nairobi but was rejected. Indidis then applied to have it heard at the ICJ.
Indidis says he wants to establish what crime
Jesus was charged with and prays that the court decides “that the proceedings
before the Roman courts were a nullity in law, for they did not conform to the
rule of law at the material time and any time thereafter.”
“Some of those present spat in his face,
struck him with their fists, slapped him, taunted him, and pronounced him worthy
of death,” Indidis told the Kenyan news website Standard Media(SDE).
When Jesus died, Indidis insists, he was not
given an opportunity to be heard.
“I am suing as a friend,” he said.
Indidis insisted on the validity of his case,
saying “I know with a matter of fact and truth we have a good case with a high
probability of success and I hope it is done in my lifetime.”
When asked about the case, an official from
the ICJ told legal news website Legal Cheek, “The ICJ has no jurisdiction for
such a case. The ICJ settles disputes between states. It is not even
theoretically possible for us to consider this case.”
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