Many of them.

Way things are going, I suspect that many of people who are wanted by the American government will find friendly arms in China and Europe.

(Perhaps even there I'm optimistic about Russia wanting to normalise relations? Or existing?)

▲ KingOfCoders 14 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think with the EU, the EU bases its identity on rules for the better or worse.

▲ ben_w 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, but also the EU is comparably as weak over its member states as the US Federal government was over American states in the Articles of Confederation era. This is how Hungary was able to paralyse the collective response against Russia.

▲ soco 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Nevertheless, extraditions based on international mandates are usually respected (terms and conditions may apply, see Greece or Italy). Wanted people often go to Serbia nowadays, to give a successful example.

	▲	ben_w 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed. But I did write "will find friendly arms in China and Europe", and Greece, Italy, and indeed Serbia, are in Europe. The whole continent != nation thing is clearer with the EU != Europe (due to the EU not even being a nation yet) than with the American nation != The Americas. Even then, don't underestimate rules-lawyering of laws: I wish to suggest that the USA is going down the path of "rogue state", and that extradition treaties may have clauses (either explicitly in treaty text* or implicitly via the European Convention on Human Rights) protecting individuals from the risk of a death penalty, which may end up getting invoked due to the US having the death penalty. * https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/agreement... and https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/109th-congress/14/d... Article 13 (``Capital punishment'') provides that when an offense for which extradition is sought is punishable by death under the laws in the requesting State but not under the laws in the requested State, the requested State may grant extradition on condition that the death penalty shall not be imposed or, if for procedural reasons such condition cannot be complied with by the requesting State, on condition that if imposed the death penalty shall not be carried out. If there's a loss of trust that the US will honour its obligations, and in other cases besides extradition this has already happened, what then?