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Fair enough on the death penalty, but I don't see how that's relevant for any other crimes.
by PhasmaFelis 9y ago
Fair enough on the death penalty, but I don't see how that's relevant for any other crimes.
- MrQuincle 9y agoIt's already hard to understand the culture in a country. I see also the difficulty of handling administrative matters for my American wife, from taxes to mortgage contracts. Everything of course in a second language. Even people's gestures or their facial expressions are different. To have to navigate the juridicial system in another country is a huge disadvantage. You will make errors which a native will never make. You will not know about options that are very clear to long term citizens. Etc. Etc. All in all, whatever the crime, you would like to have everybody the same chance in your juridicial system. Foreigners will have a disadvantage however.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago> To have to navigate the juridicial system in another country is a huge disadvantage. You will make errors which a native will never make. You will not know about options that are very clear to long term citizens. Etc. Etc. All of that is the lawyers' job, not the defendant's, and these guys will be able to hire very good local lawyers. No judicial system composed of humans can ever be perfectly fair and free of bias, but that doesn't mean we should let criminals go free.
- tripzilch 9y agobecause american prisons are shit to the point that prison rape is somehow a funny meme and joked about on tv, default sentences are ridiculously inflated, and people openly admit that you won't get justice unless you have money.