Quote Originally Posted by Tiaexz View Post
Though for the sake of argument, couldn't they held the trial in an US Embassy? Even then, there didn't even need to be a trial since it is a guilty plea. I just have a preference for people to have the option of serving time in their respective countries opposed to foreign ones. So if Furunculus was getting tried in Russia for a crime, I believe he should be allowed to come to the UK to serve it out.
I'm less convinced - why should you go home to some sort of very loose "house arrest" when otherwise you'd be under lockdown for 23 hours a day... and as in the case of the UK, why should we have to foot the bill for every person who commits a crime abroard?