American courts do not care what it takes

to "effect jurisdiction" over defendants in criminal cases, in the immortal words of Roger Groot, a law professor of Robbo's and mine. This case from the FOX News website has it all, rich defendants on the lam in the United Kingdom wanted for fraud and tax evasion in the United States, connections to famous people, and references to the time-honored profession of bounty-hunting.

Posted by: LMC at 03:32 PM

Comments

1 Does this not cause anyone concern? The US can kidnap anyone suspected of a crime, anywhere?

Posted by: LB Buddy at December 04, 2007 11:29 AM (mDtbo)

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