>I don't think they can prosecute after giving official assurance not to in exchange for his return. Why not? If they then arrested him, what would we do abou

>I don't think they can prosecute after giving official assurance not to in exchange for his return. Why not? If they then arrested him, what would we do about it? Nothing. And, of course, they could always just use some nonsense charge if they want to pretend they were following their own made up rules. We grow up wanting to believe that rules, constitutions and so on are firm, solid entities we can depend on, but it's all just an illusion. It's no more real than those in power allow it to be.