Comments on: Wounder of Rivers Seeks Refuge in Canada http://lawiscool.com/2008/04/09/wounder-of-rivers-seeks-refuge-in-canada/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Mon, 07 May 2012 13:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dizzy http://lawiscool.com/2008/04/09/wounder-of-rivers-seeks-refuge-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 dizzy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:06:31 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/2008/04/09/wounder-of-rivers-seeks-refuge-in-canada/#comment-1348 "Chen apparently believed that Canada had tight extradition laws that would protect him, despite his alleged infliction of cruel and unusual punishment on others." Or he confused Canadian with Israeli law. <hr> LawIsCool: We have no indication that Israeli law would fail to prosecute such behaviour; in fact, fleeing to Canada was precipitated by a warrant issued by Israeli authorities. “Chen apparently believed that Canada had tight extradition laws that would protect him, despite his alleged infliction of cruel and unusual punishment on others.”

Or he confused Canadian with Israeli law.

LawIsCool: We have no indication that Israeli law would fail to prosecute such behaviour; in fact, fleeing to Canada was precipitated by a warrant issued by Israeli authorities.

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