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> USA asked for the extradition of this person, and my country gave him up, but he never was in USA. International law, in the form of the passive nationality
by bradleyjg 8y ago
> USA asked for the extradition of this person, and my country gave him up, but he never was in USA.
International law, in the form of the passive nationality principle, recognizes criminal jurisdiction in the country of which the victims are nationals regardless of whether the criminal has ever set foot there.
- londons_explore 8y agoSort of odd to choose the victims location rather than the criminals location...
- bradleyjg 8y agoI don't see what's odd about that. Suppose someone in New Jersey mailed a bomb to someone in NY, killing the victim when he opened the package. Jurisdiction over the murder would lie in NJ and NY. It wouldn't be any surprise if the prosecutors in NY (whether federal or local) were more gung ho about bring charges than those in NJ, after all it was one of their own that was killed.