The Libyan may deserve prison for his recent acts, but previously his heart was on the side of reform

Fair trials rarely emerge from the fog of war. The victors not only tell the tale but render judgment on it. That is why I would prefer a truth and reconciliation commission to Libyan trials of Saif Gaddafi; or for Lord Woolf, whose report on Gaddafi's relationship with the London School of Economics was released last week, to preside over a trial.