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Should Extradition laws be changed or not?

Should the Extradition Laws be change so that serious criminals have no where to hide in the world. where ever they go the law will be able to catch them and extradite them back to the country that they have committed that crime, or should it be like it is now and have some safe spots where they are safe.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    Sometimes the real criminals are the ones hiding "behind the law" just like as in the case with Edward Snowden, this guy who leaked N.S.A. information of how our privacy rights had all been violated, and of how the NSA has been secretly probing into all our information that they did not need to be probing into, this guy was a hero and those who were behind the law were the real criminals. Therefore it is only right that he gets to find refuge in Russia and hopefully now in Brazil. We don't really need new Extradiction laws, and if we did, other nations could ignore them anyways.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    No

    Different Countrys Have Different Laws And There Is No Moral Universalism

    For Example: Should The US Really Extradite To Suadi Arabia Someone Who Was Arrested For Violating Islamic Law?

    Sry Just Noticed You Said Serious Criminals.

    Well Still. The Western Conception Of Justice Is That People Cant Be Reformed. We Have No Moral High Ground. If We Attempted To Reform People So That They Could Be Integrated Into Society Instead Of Trapping Them In The Vicious Circle Of Crime Then Maybe.

    And What Is A Serious Criminal? Is Snowden One Because Some In The Govt Call Him A Traitor?

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    No. If all laws were the same everywhere, I would say yes. But because there are disparate laws, many of which we don't agree with, there is no way we would want to guarantee everyone gets extradited.

    For example, in the US, we have freedom of speech. You can't be prosecuted for speaking out against the government. In North Korea, you can be executed for it. So say a North Korean escaped to the US. Are you implying they should be sent back to be executed for expressing a negative comment toward their government? They are a criminal by North Korean standards but they're not by ours.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    The laws and borders and jurisdictions of foreign countries must be respected.

  • Anika
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    No. Different countries have different laws.

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