<em>The Personal Recovery proficiency that defines Captivity Models of Prisoners of War, Peace Time Government Detention and Hostage Detention is “preserve life.”
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When some element of the Department of Defense or a civilian is detained, missing or isolated in a military or foreign affairs operation, the government initiates a Personnel Recovery procedure under the supervision of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency. The Personal Recovery proficiency that defines Captivity Models of Prisoners of War, Peace Time Government Detention and Hostage Detention is “preserve life”. Many of the times the government initiates diplomatic negotiations to bring the detained individuals back to its country of origin.
They may prefer appointment of judges rather than election to avoid having judges who have biases towards cases & people that they judge upon? (Hopefully that helps a little, I hope it isn't confusing)
One real life example of the separation of powers in the US government would be that the President of the United States has the power to veto legislation passed by the Legislature.