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I recently presented this paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man at the 3rd Annual Law Student Conference held at Windsor Law.
Why did Polanski flee?
Polanski may choose to go to U.S.
Elizabeth Pineau writes:
Film director Roman Polanski, now in Swiss detention, may decide to face justice in the United States, where he is wanted on a 1977 sex charge, to avoid lengthy extradition procedures, one of his lawyers said today.
The article says Polanski feared a 50-year sentence. If you had reasons to believe you’d get 50 years in prison for something like what he did, would you run from the law?
Another Khadr
Abdullah Khadr takes stand to fight extradition
The US is trying to have Canada extradite Abdullah Khadr, a member of the Khadr family. His father sent Abdullah to Afghanistan when he was a teenager.
Colin Freeze writes for the Globe and Mail:
Mr. Khadr and his defence team are trying to undermine the U.S. extradition bid that alleges he sold weaponry to al-Qaeda in 2003. While Mr. Khadr made admissions to this end to federal agents, he says they don’t count because everything flowed from a CIA conspiracy to have him interrogated overseas.
Another Canadian in trouble for online gambling business
Canadian indicted in U.S. on online gambling charges
Yusill Scribner, a spokeswoman for the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, declined to comment when asked about the prospect of extraditing him. Canada will extradite its citizens only if the laws under which they are charged are similar to Canadian laws.
“It raises the issue whether one country can apply its law to citizens of another country,” said Javad Heydary, a Toronto lawyer with experience in gaming law.
“We do not have anything close to the U.S. legislation,” he said, alluding to the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
The Schreiber-Mulroney affair
Karlheinz Schreiber optimistic he’ll remain in Canada
Schreiber told the Star last week he will use every legal means at his disposal to avoid being extradited, insisting that if he were tried in Canada on the charges he faces in Germany, the whole case against him would be thrown out.
Karlheinz Schreiber loses again
Ontario court rejects Schreiber’s bid to stay in Canada
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