Is it true that a criminal who commits a crime abroad, say a bombing in Egypt and then flees to the UK, that person then can not be deported back to Egypt because they have the death penalty there??
2007-02-26 08:00:32 · 18 answers · asked by vinnyk 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Sorry extradite...
So if the countries have no agreement, the criminal can live freely in for example the UK.
2007-02-26 08:18:12 · update #1
Its not that they cannot be deported to face the death penalty, but usually in places like Canada and the UK or anywhere that doesn't use Capital Punishment they will not want to deport a person to be sent to death, they will want them to face another kind of punishment. The Criminal's home Country can fight that in court though during the Criminals trial and they can end being deported to face the death penalty in the end anyway.
2007-02-26 08:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily true. It all depends on the laws of extradition wherever the criminal lands. Let's use the example you gave: If the laws of the British Crown allow for the government to turn such a criminal back over to the Egyptian authorities, then that man may end up going back to Egypt to face trial. It's not quite that simple because there's a lot of politics involved. Here's a real-world example: Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman went to Mexico to capture the Max Factor heir that was wanted in California for serial rape. They caught the @$$hole, but the laws in Mexico don't allow bounty-hunting, so Dog and his brother and his son were arrested by the Mexican authorities. This was a little over 5 years ago. Last fall, the U.S. Marshals arrested Dog and his brother and his son in their homes, and the issue now is whether Dog and his family members will be extradited to Mexico to stand trial for unlawful deprivation of liberty. So we'll see if a person who commits a crime abroad can be sent back...
2007-02-26 08:08:28 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um, you are talking about Extradiction, which is different then deportation.
Extradition and deportion all depend upon laws in the countries involved.
I don't know about Egypt/Brittish laws.
I will say this tho. The extradition laws are agreed upon by most countries in the world. IT is a legal treaty that both sides finds accpetable. IF one country has the death penalty the other can still etradict the criminal to the other country to face their crime...just the country would have to agree to waive the death penalty in the case.
2007-02-26 08:07:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say but that's the way the law stands at this moment in time,if we want to deport a criminal it has to be done through a long and expensive legal process payed for yes your in front of me US!
If people commit crime's no matter which country they are caught in they should be sent back to face the consequence's!
I don't believe in torture but even more so i don't believe in innocent people suffering and dieing and the guilty person hiding behind another country's laws.
2007-02-26 08:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why are so many illegal and criminal immigrants here? Why aren't they caught - sentanced and sent back to there own Country to serve the sentance. Why should England support these people.
Why are so many allowed in the front door anyway? Our crime has gone up- Guns and Knives. Disease has spread -Aids, TB - Measles
One more question - where the hell is a level headed person who can stop this madness.
2007-03-05 19:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Tapsy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The U.K. will if Egypt takes the death penalty off the table for that particular criminal. I think its the same for Canada.
2007-02-26 08:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the countries have sign an Agreement of Repatriation, they will be send back to be tried...this agreement is between countries to make criminal go to jail and pay for whatever they did in other countries. That's a good idea make them pay!!!
2007-02-26 08:09:53 · answer #7 · answered by Jersey girl on Florida. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's right. Instead they would get to stay in a 4 star prison, with satellite T.V, three meals a day, and recreational facilities. Paid by the Tax payer at a measly 100, 000 pounds a year. Welcome to the UK, land of the dumb a ss European human rights Act, Incorporated.
2007-02-26 08:08:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abu Hamza (Captain Hook) is wanted in the USA to answer terrorist charges.
I understand he has already been sentenced to death in Yemen.
..And where is he..living it up in Belmarsh prison Britain.
says it all, don't it.
What I don't understand is that after years of his preaching and ranting against Britain and the British people, no charges could be found to have him arrested.
Suddenly, after the US wanted to extradite him...16 charges were laid at his feet and he was found guilty on some of them and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment.
2007-03-05 19:04:00 · answer #9 · answered by knowitall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well under this government, rapists , murderers, terrorists all deserve to be treated humanely.
There is of course a valid and logical reason for this the British Government appears to be made up almost entirely of liars, thieves, and lunatics.
2007-03-05 05:17:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋