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In <1994Apr15.150713.10324@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
Peter.Bruells@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Peter Bruells) writes:

>>>>>> "Mcfarlane" == Mcfarlane Jeffrey Alexander <a209mcfa@cdf.toronto.edu> writes:

>	[...]

>    Mcfarlane>   (2) No German may be EXTRADITED to a foreign
>    Mcfarlane> country. Persons persecuted on political grounds shall
>    Mcfarlane> enjoy the right to asylum.  (Is that last bit the part
>    Mcfarlane> that was recently changed?)

>    Mcfarlane> This is very interesting, I think.

>    Mcfarlane> Are there any well-known cases where a German has
>    Mcfarlane> commited a serious crime in another country and has
>    Mcfarlane> been tried and convicted for that crime in Germany and
>    Mcfarlane> served (or is currently serving) their sentence?

>There were, but since I didn't pay attention, I can't provide
>sources. :(

O well...            

>    Mcfarlane> What exactly happens in such situations?

>    Mcfarlane> I can't imagine that Germany would simply let someone
>    Mcfarlane> who (z.B.) murdered someone in Canada and managed to
>    Mcfarlane> make it back to Germany go unpunished.

>Nope. It wouldn't. As long as the alleged crime is a crime in Germany,
>the elleged offender will be prosecuted upon notification of the
>proper authorities and judged according to German law. But he or she
>will NOT be turned over to a foreign country.

>    Mcfarlane> Would that person be arrested and tried in Germany by
>    Mcfarlane> German authorities?  Would the German government pick
>    Mcfarlane> up the tab for witnesses to be flown to Germany to
>    Mcfarlane> participate in the trial? Or what?

>Good question.  I'll try to dig up some infos on this.
 
Thanks Peter.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Could get to be expensive though, if there were alot of witnesses.
Extra bonus: witness crime = free European vacation! :)

>    Mcfarlane> Here's some more questions:

>    Mcfarlane>  - Is Kohl going down this year or not?

>Hard to tell. Just now it's not a question of who's more able to run
>the country, but who is less UNable. And right now the SPD and her
>leader, Scharping, are not exactly promising. Clueless, all of them...

Wie deprimerend! And I thought only Canada had such problems! :)

Saaaaay, if you are in Oldenburg, Peter, you must've been there for the
recent Niedersachsen-election. I heard the SPD cleaned up there. Is this
seen as a sign of things to come? Have there been any other Superwahljahr
elections yet?                

ttfn   

Jeff McFarlane