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The conclusion I would draw is that the US government is not willing to hand over it's citizens to other countries, while other governments are. In that perspe
by AYBABTME 14y ago
The conclusion I would draw is that the US government is not willing to hand over it's citizens to other countries, while other governments are.
In that perspective, I feel the wrong is on the other governments, not on the US.
- hga 14y agoEchoing canttestthis in the other reply subtread, the fundamental principle is that we won't hand over our citizens to other countries for things which are not crimes in our own: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_criminality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_criminality All of Europe refuses to extradite to the US if the death penalty is a possible outcome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Bars_to_extradition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition#Bars_to_extradition and futher down it mentions "France, Germany, Russia, Austria, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Japan" flatly refuse to extradite, something that is certainly not true of the US.