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- From: roder@cco.caltech.edu (Brenda J. Roder)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Diplomatic Immunity
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 00:26:42 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll) writes:
-
- >Bring it up in misc.legal. Many substantial topics have been discussed there
- >that owe their origin to an episode of a ficticious show. There's no
- >discrimination based on the origin of the question, and there are some well-
- >schooled people who read and respond, including at least three lawyers, and
- >four law students.
-
- Recently, I saw one show (Law & Order, set in New York City) which had
- someone with diplomatic immunity accused of murder. They said that it
- (immunity) didn't apply for crimes of a (greivous? serious? major? darn,
- I can't remember the exact word they used) nature, so they were able to
- bring him to trial. About a week later, I saw a different show (less
- serious The Commish) where they had a rapist ith diplomatic immunity. They
- had to convince the Ambassador to waive this person's immunity before they
- could arrest him. So the question is, which one was correct (more correct?)
- or is rape not sufficiently grave to warrant automatic waiver of immunity.
-
-
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- -- Brenda (roder@cobalt.caltech.edu)
- Thought before action, if there's time.
- _The Edge_ Dick Francis
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