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The Northerner

(5,040 posts) Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:23 PM Apr 2012

System of Oppression: 'US plea bargain not justice'

Moscow has condemned Viktor Bout's sentencing in the US as unacceptable and politically-motivated. Bout's not the only foreigner to endure high-pressure extradition to the States. Britain's also handed over citizens.

Gerard Batten, Euro MP talks to RT. He says that once someone's sent to the US, it's almost impossible to escape the clutches of the American legal system.

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System of Oppression: 'US plea bargain not justice' (Original Post) The Northerner Apr 2012 OP

And yet nobody's charging the Koch brothers with anything WhoIsNumberNone Apr 2012 #1

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

1. And yet nobody's charging the Koch brothers with anything

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:34 PM

Apr 2012

And just try extraditing Bush or Cheney for war crimes and see how far you get.

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