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Even though it seems that in this particular there is no extradition, it's somewhat concerning that there are so many countries that would extradit their citizens to a foreign country, although those citizens might have never visited this country (Gary McKinnon is another example). My home country has a policy to never extradit its own citizens and up until now I assumed that this is the norm for most countries. ("never extradit" means that you can still go to jail if you're doing something that's illegal in the foreign country and in your home country. But in that case you are sentenced by a local judge and put into a local jail.)


Which country?


In my country too, Brazil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition

"Own nationals: Some countries, such as Brazil,[6] the Czech Republic,[7] France,[8][9] Germany,[10] Japan,[11] the People's Republic of China,[12] the Republic of China (Taiwan)[13] forbid extradition of their own nationals. These countries often have laws in place that give them jurisdiction over crimes committed abroad by or against citizens. By virtue of such jurisdiction, they prosecute and try citizens accused of crimes committed abroad as if the crime had occurred within the country's borders (see e.g. trial of Xiao Zhen)."




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