Suspect in slaying won't be extradited
At a press briefing Tuesday in his Chicago office, Jean-Baptiste de Boissiere, the French consul general, said that the letters "misinterpret" the treaty and French law. He said French law makes it illegal to extradite any national.
According to the story Peterson will be tried in a French court. That is absolutely amazing. They are going to charge him with a crime that didn't even occur in their country. How would a prosecutor even prepare for that case? Do they send investigators here? Are the detectives from the case notified to appear in a French Court? It would have to be impossible to prosecute a case like this. So in the end this guy would more then likely walk.
The hypocrisy of it all is that the French still want Noriega extradited to France on a money laundering charge.
Baisez les Français!
(if you don't speak French go to Babelfish.com to translate)
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THIS SOUNDS GOOD,LETS HOLD HER TO IT:
When several aldermen demanded fairness for officers falsely accused of wrongdoing, Rosenzweig promised just that.
“I’ve talked to officers who have had allegations against them and are concerned that, even when the allegation is proved to have been false, that the cloud will continue to hang over them. That happens particularly when investigations are not trusted. When you build trust in the investigation process, that benefits the officer falsely accused because then, the investigation is trusted,” she said.
THANKS FOR TAKING ADVICE FROM A GANGBANGER
Council panel OKs OPS chief
Mayor Daley’s choice of a Los Angeles attorney to restore public confidence in investigations of police wrongdoing breezed through a City Council committee today, but not before Ilana Rosenzweig got a rude awakening and a truckload of advice.
“Welcome to hell…Chicago is at the boiling point that California was at when Rodney King got beat up,” former gang enforcer Wallace “Gator” Bradley told Rosenzweig.
THESE PRICKS ARE DEMANDING WE GIVE THEM GENERAL MANUEL NORIEGA WHEN HE COMES OUT THIS YEAR.
THIS HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH FRANCE OVER THE YEARS. WHO IS THAT FILM PRODUCER PEDOPHILE WHO TOOK REFUGE IN FRANCE? THEY REFUSED TO EXTRADITE HIM.
WHO IS THAT FILM PRODUCER PEDOPHILE WHO TOOK REFUGE IN FRANCE?
Roman Polanski aka Sharon Tate's husband
The police blotter...
Sneed hears the searchlight is pointing in the direction of "five or six" top cops from across the nation as a possible replacement for retired Chicago Police Supt. Phil Cline, although the second formal screening process enlarging the search has yet to formally begin.
• • Pssst! Meanwhile, Sneed hears former Washington, D.C., Police Chief Charles Ramsey has permanently nixed an offer to apply for Chicago's top cop spot, according to a police source.
• • To wit: Ramsey had said he was intrigued during the initial go-round, but gave no clear signal when Mayor Daley began searching for a police superintendent months ago. But when Daley decided to enlarge the search process, Ramsey -- who is retired and working as a consultant -- sent a clear signal he did not want to return to Chicago.
• • History note: Ramsey, who was a former Chicago deputy superintendent during Matt Rodriguez's tenure as police superintendent, left the department in 1998 when Daley chose Terry Hillard over him to replace Rodriguez in the top cop spot.
• • Motor City angle: Sneed hears Detroit Police Chief Ella M. Bully-Cummings, the city's first female police chief in its 138-year history, was also approached as a possible contender for the job. But Bully-Cummings, an attorney, indicated she was not interested because she has an aged mother in need of care and did not want to move.
• • History note II: Bully-Cummings, facing a budget crisis in 2005, made headlines when she laid off 150 police officers and downsized her department's command staff, but also made headlines with sizable cuts in violent crime statistics.
Whatever happened to the lawsuit to release the 662 Chicago Police officers with 10 or more civilian complaints filed against them?
When does the judge rule on it? Why is there nothing about this in the FOP/PBPA newsletters?
In Chicago, police can only contact INS
Chicago became a sanctuary city in March 2006 by an Executive Mayoral Order -- one of an estimated 32 across the country, including New York, Seattle and the oldest, (1979) Los Angeles.
According to Monique Bond, spokeswoman for Chicago Police Department, officers can only contact INS during the course of an investigation when an offender declares illegal immigration status.
"Under federal law, enforcement of immigration law rests with the INS and not with local police. Chicago Police do not stop-and-question, detain or arrest any person that is not suspected of committing a crime or based solely on the grounds that the person may be an illegal immigrant. Chicago Police provide police service to all persons in the City of Chicago, regardless of their citizenship status."
Guys,
The French decision is not that bad! The USA commonly conducts criminal trials of people that committed crimes against US interests in locations outside of the USA. What do you think the intelligence community rendition process involved? The guys in GITMO never sold a rock on Homan Street or fired a gun in the Gardens. Look at the trial of Colombian FARC Commander Simon Trinidad. I think the guy will receive a fair trial in France.
A French trial will be quite interesting because many protections that defendants enjoy in US courts are not available in a French trial. The OJ Simpson trial may have had quite a different outcome if it had been carried out in a French Court.
Guys don't believe the anti-French hype. Remember, when the USA declared independence, the French were our first allies. That should never be forgotten! The most palpable difference in outcome is that this guy will not receive the death penalty if found guilty in a French court.
Former CPD BT 222 blue shirt working as a FED in a secure and undisclosed location in the loop.
SCS asks: "They are going to charge him with a crime that didn't even occur in their country. How would a prosecutor even prepare for that case?"
You know, I 've been asking the same question myself. But then I realized that US prosecutes crimes that did not occur in this country as well (tribunals in Gitmo, etc). Perhaps we can transfer some know-how to the French on this matter.
The French law is clear in this matter: do not extradite to countries with the death penalties. France would have already extradited this dude to, say, Canada. But as long as Illinois has the death penalty on the books, they won't.
That's their law. Like it or not, we have to respect it.
France may have been our friend in 1776, but this is now 2007. Their recent history shows nothing but cowardice and surrender monkey attitude.
The Keesing Bandit says---
Weren't the Coneheads French?
Now, kees me you fool!!!
The French Foreign Legion would kick your Navy Seals or Green Berets ass any time. After all the Green Berets were first trained by the elite French.
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