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Ian Sutton
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Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
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Tom Troiano wrote:I have a question that has nothing to do with Robert Parker.
Can a US citizen simply ignore an order to stand trial in France (or any other country)?
I suppose if you ignore it you probably don't want to travel there in the future but that's another issue.
Florida Jim
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:27 pm
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Robin Garr wrote:Good questions, Tom. I'm certainly not a lawyer, but it's my guess that for most crimes all the other country's court could do is shower you and your own lawyers with paperwork and unenforceable orders, although I'm not clear how extradition works and whether American law would permit a citizen to be extradited for less than a major crime. Maybe one of the lawyers among us could tell.
I think failure to appear could cause real problems for Parker both because he essentially needs to go there on his business and has some business presence there. He certainly couldn't get off the plane at Charles de Gaulle (or maybe any EU airport) without his passport flagging the issue.
Florida Jim wrote:Robin Garr wrote:Good questions, Tom. I'm certainly not a lawyer, but it's my guess that for most crimes all the other country's court could do is shower you and your own lawyers with paperwork and unenforceable orders, although I'm not clear how extradition works and whether American law would permit a citizen to be extradited for less than a major crime. Maybe one of the lawyers among us could tell.
If French law is anything like U.S. (and I'm not saying it is), slander is a civil action and not a crime. Hence, extradition does not lie. There is a rather arcane procedure for civil sevice that can be performed but it is cumbersome and seldom successful.I think failure to appear could cause real problems for Parker both because he essentially needs to go there on his business and has some business presence there. He certainly couldn't get off the plane at Charles de Gaulle (or maybe any EU airport) without his passport flagging the issue.
Therein lies the rub.
Best, Jim
Daniel Rogov
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Daniel Rogov
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Ian Sutton
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Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
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Daniel Rogov
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Paul Winalski
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:16 pm
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Ian Sutton
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Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:10 pm
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Ian Sutton wrote:Paul
Presumably not proving what was written (which although AFAIK, has since been removed - but you'd bet she'd have copies), but that there is any genuine sense of loss from those words?
regards
Ian
Daniel Rogov
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Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:10 am
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Paul Winalski
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Bill Spohn
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:31 pm
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Ian Sutton wrote:Yes indeed it's also a good reminder for us to write with common sense here.
Paul Winalski
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