- 13 Dec 2013 13:28
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Relevant to international relations I guess...
Firstly, I'm not talking about really high profile cases like Julian Assange where it really would be a nuisance for the US to have him running around.
I'm talking about this sort of thing: where a crime is committed in one country, then the suspect escapes to another country, where they are duly extradited to back to the original country to face trial and sentencing.
So I'm wondering, whats the point? Why do governments bother with this? I mean, if a suspected criminal leaves your country and never intend to come back, why on earth would you want to bring him back? And worse still - not just bring him back, but to undergo a trial and possible prison time - all at taxpayers expense?
Just say good riddance to bad rubbish.
Firstly, I'm not talking about really high profile cases like Julian Assange where it really would be a nuisance for the US to have him running around.
I'm talking about this sort of thing: where a crime is committed in one country, then the suspect escapes to another country, where they are duly extradited to back to the original country to face trial and sentencing.
So I'm wondering, whats the point? Why do governments bother with this? I mean, if a suspected criminal leaves your country and never intend to come back, why on earth would you want to bring him back? And worse still - not just bring him back, but to undergo a trial and possible prison time - all at taxpayers expense?
Just say good riddance to bad rubbish.