On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:59:56 GMT, Palindrome wrote:
>Cynic wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 May 2008 08:39:29 GMT, Palindrome wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think that you will find many people that agree that foreigners
>>> should be able to come here, break laws but escape punishment - simply
>>> by returning home to a country which doesn't have such laws.
>>
>> But that is *exactly* how it works for almost everything. There is a
>> huge practical problem involved in having a trial of a person who has
>> not broken the law of the country he is being tried in.
>
>So it is generally going to be in everyone's interest to ship the
>accused off for trial.
>>
>> It would require finding barristers and a judge who knows the law of
>> the country in question - what factors need to be proven, what
>> standard of proof, and what constitutes a valid defence.
>
>Not if the accused pleads guilty. Which they may do, if the alternative
>is to be extradited.
So all a country has to do is make an accusation, and it will result
in a conviction by default.
You think that is an *improvement* on justice?
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Cynic
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