This principle becomes particularly important when the federal definition of illegal conduct is one that is simply not comprehensible and acts more as a trap than as a guideline.

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They also enshrined a principle of reciprocity: the prospect of harsh punishment if captured acts as a deterrent against savage conduct on the battlefield, just as the possibility of favorable prisoner of war status is an incentive to behave honorably.

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