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I'm reading through these. And I'm wondering, the two assassins that killed the real estate agents in the Philippines, how come they were judged in US and not i

• tannhauser23 8y ago
  It's a U.S. federal crime to conspire to kill a person in a foreign country. I guess they could have been extradited but since they were facing life (and in the federal system there's no parole), the Philippines didn't insist on trying the hitmen themselves. Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632661/download https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632661/download Relevant statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/956 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/956