Cynic wrote:
> 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.
If the country concerned does have a fair system of justice with
reasonable punishments, then the accused should have nothing to fear, if
he is innocent, from extradition.
If not, then he wouldn't face trial here, either.
Pleading guilty at the first opportunity is a standard way of getting
the punishment reduced. The first opportunity would be in a UK court.
>
> You think that is an *improvement* on justice?
>
Yep. People shouldn't be able to escape justice by resorting to flight.
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