Posts Tagged ‘extradition’

The Good Ship Jurisdiction: Sunk to a Foggy Bottom

How is the Pope like a Peruvian steamship? The State Department stopped both of them from getting sued. You’re right; it’s not funny at all.

The Polanski Arrest

            This effort to try to extradite Roman Polanski seems like a bad idea.  However bad what the Polanski of 1977 did may be, you cannot punish him.  He no longer exists,  worn away by half a lifetime of subsequent experiences and choices.  Moreover, at least one of the traditional reasons for imprisoning people, to […]