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Legendary Gerry
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 Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 08:24:13
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8418908
The article is just to refresh people's memories.
My question is this:-
If you stand trial in one country and a verdict is delivered, regardless of whether you agree with the verdict or not, should you then be able to be charged in another country with a similar offence relating to the original charge?
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Sonic
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bigem
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Legendary Gerry
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Posted - 14 Feb 2012 : 21:57:18
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This is not so much about him but about the trials in 2 countries for the same offence.
Whether you agree or not, he served time for the offence so what gives the US (in this case) the right to pursue him again. |
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Trev
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HDT05
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GetThe
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Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 22:10:03
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Originally posted by HDT05
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Originally posted by bigem
They should have hung him the first time LG!!
I agree!
I don't agree with the comment they should have hung him.
More like they should have tied lead weights around his ankles and sent him to the ocean floor just like he did to his Wife. |
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Legendary Gerry
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Posted - 15 Feb 2012 : 22:21:36
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I agree with the comments you guys are making about the outcome of the case here, but that's not the question.
It's about being tried in one country and accepting the verdict, then another country trying you on essentially the same charge.
Can you imagine Schapelle Corby, she was tried and sentenced in Indonesia (again whether you agree with the sentence is not the point).
Imagine if she came home after she has served her sentence and the Australian court system then charges her with exporting drugs. |
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Edited by - Legendary Gerry on 15 Feb 2012 22:24:47 |
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27GV
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Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 02:34:57
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Huh, he was found guilty of manslaughter not rendering assistance? There wasn't enough evidence for a murder charge, because they could never prove intent.
If you want to hang people for that then we'll get the noose ready if you ever drive past an accident and have the suitable training to assist. Honestly, that is the closest one can explain what he was found guilty of in Australia. Unless there is a mound of new, compelling evidence then the trial shouldn't happen. So I guess there is new evidence. |
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Trev
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the undertaker
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Posted - 16 Feb 2012 : 12:30:52
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Originally posted by Big Trev
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Originally posted by Legendary Gerry
Can you imagine Schapelle Corby, she was tried and sentenced in Indonesia (again whether you agree with the sentence is not the point).
Imagine if she came home after she has served her sentence and the Australian court system then charges her with exporting drugs.
and where is the problem with that, I think that is a damn fine idea, it would also act as a bit more of a deterrent
I'm with you Trev, charge her again when she gets home. |
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HDT05
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27GV
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Posted - 24 Feb 2012 : 15:06:18
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He was acquitted in the US. Only eye witness said he was helping his wife.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17149598
So are any of you going to change your tune about hanging an innocent man?
Trial by media. Some of you make me sick. |
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Zac
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Posted - 24 Feb 2012 : 22:00:40
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I've got no idea whether he was guilty or not. I do know that he was found guilty of manslaughter by an Australian court, while Judge Tommy Nail in Alabama ruled "insufficient evidence". Whether those two rulings make him an innocent man - I don't know.
Being tried in two different countries for the same crime doesn't sound fair to me, but I'm not going to get too sick getting worked up about what others might think.
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