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Here comes the super judge ? ?universal jurisdiction? claims

By Alliance Alert

The American Spectator: "Britain is not alone in seeking to prosecute foreigners for actions committed in foreign lands. Canada, France, Germany, and Spain also claim the authority to jail most anyone for acts committed elsewhere. The practice is a dangerous assault both on national sovereignty and, individual justice . . . More disturbing is national 'universal jurisdiction,' whereby individual countries assert authority to prosecute legal offenses irrespective of where they occurred. While originally focused on crimes against humanity, tax evasion, organized crime, and even environmental issues have been or could become subject to extraterritorial claims."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on January 11, 2010 (boomark / email).