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On the other hand, if you do something in a foreign country which is legal in that place but illegal in your home country, you can be prosecuted back home for i

• willcipriano 3y ago
  Only some things in the US have "extraterritorial jurisdiction". Travel for child sex tourism (what Epsteins pals should be charged with) and bribery abroad for two examples. [0]https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-federal-law-extraterritorial-sexual-exploitation-children https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-ceos/citizens-guid... [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdictio...
  • oyashirochama 3y ago
    Some other countries have similar things with their citizens, China being one of the fun ones.
• oyashirochama 3y ago
  Kind of, not entirely true for most laws, only ones of certain levels typically the big captial punishment or long term imprisonment ones such as rape, CP, murder, certain financial crimes, and conspiracies to commit said prior. Drinking underage for example, most examples of drugs too. Even internally in the US they don't have specific right to arrest someone for smoking weed in a state that is legal as federal agents on state land (or private), not within 50 miles of a border.
  • dylan604 3y ago
    > only ones of certain levels typically in what country are any of the things you listed legal?
    • quickslowdown 3y ago
      I think they were listing some extreme examples of things you'd probably be prosecuted back home for, regardless of where you committed those crimes.