Americans should boycott Portugal. I was intending to visit there this spring. Not anymore.
Portugal has their reasons for refusing to extradite the man. The courts of other nations often take into account if a criminal has reformed and then if there would be a constructive purpose met by incarcerating the person. American justice is typically more about retribution than justice or redemption and we need to accept that not everyone sees things the way we do. Likewise, the USA refuses to extradite people to foreign countries for crimes that we don’t necessarily see as crimes. As is our right. Likewise if our sovereignty is to be respected then we need to respect the sovereignty of friendly nations like Portugal.