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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
But you see these terrorists WANT this kind of laws and courts to be all over the world. Why shouldn't they be judged by the system they so want to see pre-eminment? I call it poetic justice and have no problem with the death of a convicted terrorist.
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Because the
'race to the bottom' would denigrate the concept of justice worldwide. (See also
'Lowest common denominator'.)
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He won't get prosecuted here because of the HRA handwringers and even if we did he'd get off with a slap on the wrist and a nice big benefits package.
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If he 'got off' charges in the UK (presumably because he'd been found not guilty), why would he receive a "slap on the wrist"?
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Originally Posted by Alan Fry
But he come is not a human rights, democracy activist or a refugee, so he has no reason not to be deported!
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Sorry, could you rephrase that?
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Originally Posted by danielf
Has there been an extradition request from any of those countries?
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None that I'm aware of.