Maybe one of our attorneys could fill me in a bit more on how this is supposed to work. was on the way in this morning listening to the radio, caught some news where they were talking about Spain having a court that looks into international things like Guantanamo Bay and people killed in Israel etc. And that some people think that American's should embrace "universal jurisdiction". saying that the US supported it in the Nurenburg trials.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, the nurenburg trials (not a historian here so be patient) were a case of the CONQUERORS trying war criminals right? that to me is completely different than one state (state as in sovereign nation) making judgment and passing sentence on the actions or citizens of another.

And what are the expected outcomes from such a trial? to my knowledge one state doesn't have rights to punish a citizen of another state for actions that don't take place in their own country. does that make sense? I can understand if I commit a crime in spain they can punish me. but what do I care if they sentence me for something I do here in the US? I'm not their citizen and don't recognize their authority.

Anybody with insight into how people think this universal jurisdiction thing is supposed to work please share.

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