Originally Posted by
1959_60
Well. if my Son had been killed in this way and the perpetrator had fled the country aided by her host nation I would have tried to move heaven and earth to bring her to justice. Some on here would be more sanguine about it apparently.
"The Home Office has applied for extradition, seems like the Yanks won't play along, and no amount of shouting and screaming will make any difference, they have their reasons and they won't budge."
I don't know about the financial position of the Dunn family, do you? But I would be prepared to spend all my spare money on doing this.
"I know nothing about this family, are they wealthy, do they have jobs ? I don't know, but I assume the answer, given the time they have to appear continuously on TV, fly to and stay in the USA, and the extensive and presumably expensive legal representation they have, must be yes and no. If not, then how on earth do they manage to get so much time off work, and who is backing them financially, and even more intriguingly, why."
If the driver had been, say, an Indian (we also have an extradition arrangement with India) and they had acted like the USA, wouldn't you expect our Government to have put pressure on them?
"What on earth has India got to do with anything ? Surely you're not playing the race card yet again are you ? Behave yourself."
But no. The USA are refusing to allow her to face justice and we are simply sucking up to them.
"What do you suggest we do, recall our ambassador and sever diplomatic relations ? Declare war on them ? Leave NATO ? Refuse to open trade talks with them ? Any other even dafter ideas ?"
And yes, it was an accident but it was also dangerous driving which cost a life. Are you saying that anyone who is the victim of dangerous driving should accept it without justice being served and move on?
I think you would feel very differently if the victim was one of your loved ones.