[bots]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...yeah I totally get that also and it has made me think whether diplomatic immunity should be something that’s ever applied at all for this type of thing...she should face the law, not the media and the public...

the problem is that unless the people get total, unquestionable immunity they are then vulnerable to kidnap, false charges, imprisonment .... thats why it is total immunity. We have the right to expel diplomats as we see fit, but that is the extent of our jurisdiction

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the problem is that unless the people get total, unquestionable immunity they are then vulnerable to kidnap, false charges, imprisonment .... thats why it is total immunity. We have the right to expel diplomats as we see fit, but that is the extent of our jurisdiction

...but a country should have the same right to recall diplomats or their families when a serious crime is known to be have been committed...

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Originally Posted by Ammi

...but a country should have the same right to recall diplomats or their families when a serious crime is known to be have been committed...

They could only do that by extraditing her if America waived her diplomatic immunity and it's extremely unlikely that America would do that as none of their diplomats would ever feel safe again, and would leave

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

They could only do that by extraditing her if America waived her diplomatic immunity and it's extremely unlikely that America would do that as none of their diplomats would ever feel safe again, and would leave

Safe to what..kill people?
You would think that diplomats would have the civility to answer for their crimes, he will no doubt be leaving anyway, it may be some time before this is swept under the carpet and his wife allowed to return here without facing police questioning.

[Ammi]

...I guess that it could be argued that it’s potentially more dangerous for to her to have diplomatic immunity...?...because this is now being reported worldwide and everyone knows who she is and that there is a death involved and in the USA, already the social media storms are happening with real hate stuff against her.../...the diplomatic protection is an ‘add on’ to the hate...

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the problem is that unless the people get total, unquestionable immunity they are then vulnerable to kidnap, false charges, imprisonment .... thats why it is total immunity. We have the right to expel diplomats as we see fit, but that is the extent of our jurisdiction

I don't really know much about this topic tbh. But does this mean basically, they can commit crimes and have them waived? Kind of like when you are a police informant (or thats how it seems in shows..dont know much about that either in all honesty )

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Originally Posted by Vicky.

I don't really know much about this topic tbh. But does this mean basically, they can commit crimes and have them waived? Kind of like when you are a police informant (or thats how it seems in shows..dont know much about that either in all honesty )

they are basically above the law. They cannot be prosecuted under any circumstances no matter what crime is committed. This is a world wide thing

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they are basically above the law. They cannot be prosecuted under any circumstances no matter what crime is committed. This is a world wide thing

Thats utterly disgraceful then, IMO.

Will look into this. Seems a ridiculous decision, even moreso if its the whole world, rather that just us, protecting people who like..potentially commit murder and such :S

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Originally Posted by Vicky.

Thats utterly disgraceful then, IMO.

Will look into this. Seems a ridiculous decision, even moreso if its the whole world, rather that just us, protecting people who like..potentially commit murder and such :S

well they are there as representatives of foreign governments, so the governments should only be appointing people of the highest integrity. However, many of the diplomats are basically spies that go around assassinating people they don't like so ...... well, its the only method there is to protect the good guys that are there to look after their country's citizens