‘Friends of Jesus’through Dola Indidis has sued Tiberius (Emperor of Rome 42BC-37AD), Pontius Pilate (Governor of Judea),Annas, Jewish Chief Priest, Jewish elders, Jewish teachers of the law, King Herod, The Republic of Italy and The State of Israel in international criminal court for the death of Jesus Christ In this case Jewish Chief Priest Caiaphas is accused of arresting Jesus, trying him in a kangaroo court and convicting him on a religious charge that carried the death penalty because he did not want Jesus to challenge his authority, especially not at Passover time. Pilate, the Governor of Judea, found Jesus not guilty, but had him executed in order to keep the peace. “It was wrong for Pilate to witness the accused being beaten,” Indidis says. “A judge must stand above all people and all forms of irregularities.” Dola says he filed the case because it’s his duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus Christ The petitioner challenged the mode of questioning used during the trial, prosecution, hearing and sentencing of Jesus Christ; the form of punishment meted out on Him while undergoing judicial proceedings and the substance of the information used to convict him. Indidis wants to establish what crime Jesus was charged with and prays that the court declares “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.” He says: “Some of those present spat in his face, struck him with their fists, slapped him, taunted him, and pronounced him worthy of death.” Asked if this is a frivolous case pursued by a zealot, Indidis told The Nairobian: “This case is not about fanaticism. It’s a case of law and it’s the duty of counsel to help in the development of law.” The lawyer says the petitioners are relying on the precedence of the case of Joan of Ark, the peasant girl who proclaimed herself the virgin warrior sent by God to deliver France from her enemies the English, whose trial was later on reversed. “This is the same case with Jesus,” Indidis explains. “The judge who sentenced him said that he had no jurisdiction to attend to the matter but he went ahead to convict and pass a capital sentence under duress. He adds that the judgement meted was not even right because under the Galilean law the sentence of blasphemy was stoning to death, but Jesus was crucified — a punishment that was under the Roman law. “Blasphemy against the God of Jews was not even a crime under Roman law. The judge passed the wrong sentence,”
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:16:37 +0000