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why doesn't australia protect its citizens? Apparently, "The Commonwealth will not extradite or deport a prisoner to another jurisdiction if they might face th
by buboard 7y ago
why doesn't australia protect its citizens?
Apparently, "The Commonwealth will not extradite or deport a prisoner to another jurisdiction if they might face the death penalty"
- lucozade 7y agoCould you expand? The UK is in the Commonwealth and has the same stricture. None of the extradition charges carry the death penalty. So how is this relevant?
- buboard 7y agoi got that from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Australi... > None of the extradition charges carry the death penalty. I 'm not sure about that, the UN seems to be concerned: https://www.ft.com/content/c3d35d24-82ec-11e9-b592-5fe435b57a3b https://www.ft.com/content/c3d35d24-82ec-11e9-b592-5fe435b57...