Does this mean that if someone was killed in an embassy and murder was legal in the home country, you couldnt be taken to court?
2007-01-22 08:58:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Embassies & Consulates
Maybe it doesn't extend as far as murder because the embassy officials will want help of the local police to solve the murder.
However, foreign criminals which commit crimes in the country they are in can try to seek refuge in the embassy of their native country. If they get within the gates of the embassy, they are out of the jurisdiction of the local government authorities i.e. they can't get arrested.
2007-01-22 09:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by Whiz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If someone commits murder in an embassy, the killer will be turned over to local police by the embassy's security, or the police will be invited in to collect him. He will be tried under the laws of the country in which the embassy is located, NOT the embassy's country's laws.
And if someone commits murder then runs to his embassy for shelter, he will still be turned over to the local police.
2007-01-22 23:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd be taken to court.
And yes, any embassy in the USA follows the laws of the nation they are from.
2007-01-22 17:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋