Sentencing Foreign Nationals For Crimes

Let’s say this guy, convicted of murder, got the death penalty. But in Mexico the maximum is 35 years with possibly of parole after 25 years. He would have been sentenced then returned to Mexico after the trial and jailed. Let’s say after 30 years he gets out of jail on parole. He returns to the US we pick him up and execute him – it is his choice to return to the US, there is no return trip to Mexico except in a casket. The execution is carried out within 30 days of arrest with no appeals. If he stays in Mexico for the rest of his life, fine. They want a murderer running free, that is their problem. Likewise if a US citizen is convicted of a crime and is sentenced to 20 years in Brazil but it carries a 10 year in the US, if he returns to Brazil before the 20 years he is jailed and serves whatever time he did not serve in the us. Let’s say at 19 years after being out for 9 years he returns to Brazil he has 10 years to serve unless let’s say he got early release in the us of 3 years, then he has 13 years in a Brazilian jail.

This would end the international haranguing and it would end some of the jailing for non-crimes.

Look at a couple of other examples. An Eastern European Diplomat killed someone in a DUI accident a few years ago in Washington DC. I do not believe diplomats should get special treatment for crimes against persons. Under this we would have tried him, sentenced him, given him opportunity for appeals. When they ran their course the case would go to the international panel. The sentence would have been negotiated and he would have been sent home to serve his sentence. Let’s say he got 10 years here, the sentence at home is seven. He could not come back to the US till after ten years or even if his home country left him out. If he serves eight years at home and comes back before the ten years are up, he goes to jail till the ten years have been served.

Let’s take another example, an American, Canadian or Brit (someone from a country with personal freedoms) is arrested for some religious or free violation in another country where this would result in jail or execution. (Yes, we are called barbaric for executing for a cold blooded murder but more than a few countries execute for religious offenses. Since we do not have this as a crime, the international panel can set no penalty and the person comes home to freedom. They serve no time beyond jail time during trial. They cannot return to the country of sentencing without threat of arrest or death in some Moslem countries.

This makes more sense to me than what we have now.