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		nradov 16 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by th... That's really not legally correct. Unless the case is specifically tied to terrorism, US federal courts don't claim jurisdiction over murders of private US citizens abroad. https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual...

bawolff 15 hours ago [–]

> US federal courts don't claim jurisdiction over murders of private US citizens abroad.

I meant if someone who is abroad (and never sets foot in usa) pays an assain to go to usa to murder someone on us soil.

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