European courts have refused to extradite murderers to the U.S. without guarantees against the use of capital punishment. I respect their right to their own laws but think they are wrongly interfering in U.S. internal matters.
I can not believe these courts would like to see their fugitives allowed to hide in the U.S.
2007-07-08 09:54:37 · 9 answers · asked by Menehune 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This was a question about the morality of the E.U. countries. Mistakes by the U.S. is another issue.
2007-07-08 12:45:00 · update #1
Mortal sin? The nuns taught me a mortal sin must be something that is wrong and the person knows it is wrong. People in the U.S. believe that it is moral, so where is the mortal sin?
2007-07-08 12:48:04 · update #2
Atavacron is on the right track although the analogy has a hole or two. You at least half way understood what was written.
2007-07-08 12:50:27 · update #3
The fact that they can refuse allows us to do the same. If the French can't say that we won't extradite him to face the death penalty for killing two people because we think it's immoral and that it doesn't fit the crime...
...then WE cant say, "No, we won't allow the extradition of our citizen to Saudi Arabia to have his hands chopped off because he stole a $3 bag of dates because we think it's immoral and doesn't fit the crime."
It cuts both ways. And it has to.
2007-07-08 10:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by Atavacron 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is not just Europe that believes that Capital Punishment is a mortal sin, and it perfectly willing to extradite criminals to the USA, provided they can get guarantees from the USA that this mortal sin will not happen if the criminal is found guilty.
This is also tit for tat.
It was not until 9-11 that the US government took terrorism seriously. Until then there were hundreds of people living in the USA who were accused of terrorism in other nations, but the USA would not extradite them because the USA did not consider terrorism to be a serious crime. Example, IRA bombers knew they could to to USA & Britain could never extradite them.
If you remember the Vietnam War, many people got their draft notice, then left to Canada. The USA could not extradite these draft dodgers because in Canada there was no draft, so you could not extradite someone for what was not a crime in their country. Canada did have a military, so if a person opposed to serving in Vietnam got out after they were in the military, they had to travel to a country like Sweden that did not have military desertion as a crime.
2007-07-08 17:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by Al Mac Wheel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was actually a pretty cool Law & Order episode a few years back on the same point. A murder fled to Canada in a stolen truck worth more than $5000 (thus felony theft). So the prosecutor sought extradition only on the charge of stealing the truck, which the Canadian court granted (even though it knew full well when the guy got sent back he'd get a capital murder charge added on).
Don't know if real prosecutors ever tried something like this, but I thought it was clever.
2007-07-08 17:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by noble_savage 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is against EU law to extradite to countries where the suspects may face the death penalty. This applies to ANY country with it - from Egypt to the US, unless there is a garuntee they will not be executed. Sorry - but we don't believe in executing people over here - a stance which I belive to be far more moral than that of capital punishment.
2007-07-08 17:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some countries have extradition treaties that don't allow people to be extradited to a state with the death penalty.But thru diplomatic negotiations it can be reversed such as the agreement between Canada and the US signed in 1971.
2007-07-08 19:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by Ronald S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont understand that either why would they want to keep someone like that. I think they should send any murderers back here to be properly prosecuted in the area they did thier crime. The desires of the people who live where this murderer killed are what counts when it comes to punishment meted out to criminals.
2007-07-08 16:58:16 · answer #6 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The EU will extridite as long as the court makes the death penality not an option. They can still spend life in prison.
2007-07-08 17:09:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the problem is that the US does not meet the basic human rights standards necessary for extradition. You are one of the only developed countries in the world still barbaric enough to have the death penalty, and the torture camps you've been running for the past few years do not reflect well either. Clean up your act, and then you'll have nothing to complain about!
2007-07-08 16:58:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Arrogant... yes
2007-07-08 17:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋