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Announcing your plan to leave the country is going to get you arrested and held without bail. Hire a real world criminal defense attorney now and hope the court
by gnu8 8y ago
Announcing your plan to leave the country is going to get you arrested and held without bail. Hire a real world criminal defense attorney now and hope the court will let you trade your passport for an ankle monitor.
- charlesdm 8y agoMaybe he's not resident in the US (nor a US citizen) and just returned home?
- gnu8 8y agoIf he’s a foreign national who never wants to visit the US again for any reason, and can expect his country not to extradite him for whatever the charge is, then it is a reasonable strategy.
- charlesdm 8y agoCountries usually don't extradite their own citizens. That is one. Second, it seems to have been a traffic related issue. Do people get extradited for traffic related offences? Lastly, I didn't say he didn't have to get good representation. I totally would if I was in his shoes. Don't skimp on a good lawyer.
- throwaway4353 8y agoYes I do not expect to be extradited, and I am not in U.S. anymore (since several years). However, being "wanted" in the U.S. can have negative impact on job applications to American (and some non-American) companies even in other countries, and of course - travelling to the U.S. for vacation trips is difficult.
- gnu8 8y agoI understand now. Where you wrote “I am not staying in the U.S.” I took that to mean that you were leaving the US, but you meant that you are currently not living in the US. I think your plan is exactly right, find good representation before traveling to the US. It would be best to deal with this problem in a planned out way rather than simply arriving in the country and being arrested somewhere.
- briandear 8y agoNobody gets extradited over non-felony charges.