Former UN prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, responsible for the original decision to arrest them, told the Arab daily Al Hayat that the men's release did not exonerate them, and that they may still be judged in the case.

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I'm wondering if Dudley and Steven had asked for Richard Parker's consent in you know, dying, if that would exonerate them from an act of murder and if so, is that still morally justifiable?

我想知道达德利和斯蒂芬斯,是否征得过派克的同意，取他的性命，是否那样就能赦免他们的谋杀罪名,是否这样，道德上就是正当的？

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Why would you morally exonerate them?

你为什么会在道德上赦免他们？

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In other words, as the judge said, what's always moral isn't necessarily against the law and while I don't think that necessity justifies theft or murder or any illegal act, at some point your degree of necessity does, in fact, exonerate you from any guilt.

换言之，正如法官常说的，情有可原，未必不可法外容情,当然我不认为，一句情有可原,就能为盗窃，谋杀以及其他违法行为正名，但有时，情有可原的程度,确实可能法外容情，赦免你的罪行。

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